Hamilton County Sheriff's Office gets $1 million grant to add school resource officers

By Staff Report

Friday, September 27, 2013

photo Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond has announced receiving notification from U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander's Office that the sheriff's department will get a $1 million grant to provide eight more school resource officers in county schools.

A news release said the money comes from a U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Police (C.O.P.S.) Grant.