SNOW HILL – Local law enforcement officials are hoping updates to operating procedures will have a positive impact at local schools.
Worcester County Sheriff Matt Crisafulli said changes in standard operating procedures for his deputies will make local schools even safer. Following a recent agreement between the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and Worcester County Public Schools, school resource deputies now have updated guidelines on how to respond in certain situations.
“Our goal is this revamped standard operating procedure will help to minimize and deter criminal behavior in our schools,” Crisafulli said.
The Worcester County Board of Education this month approved an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. While an agreement has been in place since the school resource deputy program was created, school system officials said the document was updated during the past few months.
“We collaboratively noted we needed to firm up some things and make our memorandum of understanding even stronger so over the past few months and specifically the last few weeks we worked together on a memorandum of understanding we can both feel comfortable with,” said Annette Wallace, chief safety and academic officer for grades 9-12, at the most recent meeting of the school board.