Education
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
District launches marshal program
About the program
School marshals are charged with exercising the same level of authority given to peace ocers to prevent an oense that threatens serious injury or death of anyone on school property, according to the Texas School Safety Center. The GPD helped create and hire for the program. School marshals are school employees who meet the following requirements: Hold a valid concealed handgun license Attend an 80-hour training program through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
To meet requirements of a state law regarding safety and security on school campuses, Georgetown ISD implemented a school marshal program at the start of the 2024-25 school year to serve elementary campuses. Under the law, schools must have an armed security guard at every campus. School districts were given the option of contracting to hire school resource ocers or armed guards, creating their own police department, or nding another means to secure each school campus. Due to constraints on the availability of school resource ocers in the Georgetown Police Department, the district chose to pursue a school marshal program. School resource ocers from the GPD will continue to sta secondary campuses. Marshals are employees of the district, while school resource ocers are contracted through
GPD. Both can carry rearms on campus, according to the district. “Together they are one piece of our comprehensive approach to protecting the safety of our campuses and our people,” said Heather Stoner, assistant superintendent of campus and student services. “Georgetown ISD takes the safety and security of our facilities very seriously. Adding marshals to our team provides additional resources to ensure safe learning environments for students and sta across the district.” WES VANICEK, CHIEF OF
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