SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Resource officers have become a staple at many schools throughout West Virginia. They are there not only to keep students safe but also in some cases to do outreach within the school. The job is a big responsibility.
“We try and prepare as much as we can for what we pray just never happens,” said Lieutenant Robert Houck, Resource Officer at South Charleston High School. He has many years of experience as a police officer but only two months on the job working in the school.
He is preparing for the start of a new semester.
“We can you know monitor the lunchroom, some of the classrooms, all of the hallways, you know, the front of the building out there,” Houck explained as he clicked through a series of numerous surveillance cameras positioned throughout the school.
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Besides watching the cameras, Houck also walks the halls, making sure everyone is sticking with the school’s safety procedures.
“Just checking the doors, making sure our doors are locked, making sure teachers are leaving their doors shut which is part of our school safety protocol, doors are to be shut and locked at all times. Anything out of the ordinary, outside building perimeter checks, inside perimeter checks, just kind of doing what I can to make sure things are going good and safe here at the school,” Houch said.
It is also an opportunity to build relationships with students by greeting them daily.
“That is what I want them to see,” Houck said. “I...
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