GREENSBORO, N.C. — School Resource Officers (SROs) are not a luxury to have at schools, but some are arguing, that they're a necessity in the wake of another school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas.
According to Guilford County Schools, almost every traditional middle and high school has at least one School Resource Officer (SRO) on campus.
The same is true in Forsyth County, but according to Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr., that's nowhere near enough.
"Some high schools you have two, some high schools you have one, but my proposal is we have at least one at every school. No elementary school in our county has an SRO. That's a defense for me, instead of offense, which is having someone already there."
Guilford County Schools have the same policy and SROs as most middle and high schools.
Today we spoke with Captain Brian Hall, who is the head of SROs for the Guilford County Sheriff's Office.
"At present, we have one at every middle school and one at every high school. Now, what I can tell you is that we'd welcome larger numbers if that were allowed. I don't think anyone would turn down more help in the schools, but that's the numbers we've agreed upon and had for a number of years. For the most part, it's been sufficient for us."