Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services has granted more than $60,000 for school resource officers at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount, Va.
Each grant requires a $19,222 local match. The money will help pay the salaries and benefits for the resource officers, reports The Franklin News-Post.
The officers are expected to focus on law-enforcement education, student counseling and law enforcement.
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