Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf wants to put officers in local schools for security and safety protection. He knows funding will be a challenge. There is some interest in checking to see if future federal or state funding might be available to help.

Geary USD 475 Board of Education President Dr. Ferrell Miller was contacted for reaction. “I agree with the Sheriff that funding is going to be an issue. If there are funds available that would be certainly something we’d want to look at. The Board hasn’t heard this in terms of a group and so I wouldn’t be speaking for the Board, but from my perspective it may have some merit in light of what’s happened in schools most recently.”

The Sheriff has suggested at least one officer be placed in each school, and possibly more in the larger schools. Miller said, “I think the Sheriff is right on track. That’s what we’d have to think about is how many is enough and how would you handle that in a small school like a Milford or a Grandview? Lot of thought would have to be put into that to see how that might work.”

Wolf has not yet talked with school leaders on this topic, but does plan to do so.