Tennessee re -introduces Bill to allow veterans, retired police officers to work as school resource officers
AND Tennessee State MP He re -introduced the proposal of the Law for the Legislative Session of 2025, which would seek to fulfill the lack of school resources officers by allowing veterans’ engagement and retired law enforcement officers.
Republican Ambassador Tim RUDD re -introduced the Law Proposal for the Legislative Session in 2025. The home adopted him during the last legislature, but failed to go through the Senate.
The account would allow Public charter school in order to hire honorablely released veterans and retired lawmakers for law enforcement to be officials of school resources.
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The Capitol of the Tennessee State is seen, January 8, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Applicants must complete 40 hours of basic training in school policy, pass the test to be eligible for the purchase and possession of a gun, get a written approval for wearing or possessing firearms on school bases, undergoing psychiatric estimate and undergoing a FBI Criminal History.
“They still have to go through training. The reason why it is to try to find more resource officers in these rural areas, especially so that we can protect our children,” Rudd told WTVC.
“This will certainly not solve the problem with the deficiency, but it will help,” he added. “It would ultimately be on the school system whether they want to use them and what guidelines and rules they set.”
The view of drones on the Tennessee Capitol. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Rudd says that the proposal would help veterans and Retired lawmakers for law enforcementBut the main priority is the protection of children.
The man who served in the Navy for over 20 years said that the measure could be an opportunity for veterans to find a renewed purpose and be a role model for students.
“They have all the skills that would be needed to be included in the environment of the school environment as a resource officer,” Mickey McCamish told WTVC.
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The Tennessee State Capitol was seen on January 2, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)
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The transition from military life to civil life may be difficult for some, but McCamish says these individuals would be the perfect role models for students.
“It just couldn’t be better fit than veterans as a role model to students either in the position of resources officers or just to be part of school life,” he said.
