The issue of resource officers in elementary schools came up at a recent meeting between the Gainesville police and local school governance councils. At the Sept. 30 meeting, Gainesville High Principal LaCrisia Larkin asked if it was possible to add more officers in the lower-level schools so school resource officers would be able to spend more time at their particular schools. Gainesville Police Chief Brian Kelly said that’s not a possibility right now.
Dedicated officers at elementary schools on hold
Gainesville and Hall systems use officers at middle, high schools