Wabaunsee Sheriff's Office gets DOJ grant to fund SROs

WABAUNSEE COUNTY (KSNT) - The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) proudly announced they were selected to receive federal grant funds to help fund the Student Resource Officer program.

According to the WCSO, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded a grant that will help fund the SRO programs at USD 329 and USD 330. The WCSO said the grant would help fund the programs for four years.

"I, would love to take all the credit because (insert: tiresome & clinically resistant moderate need of near constant validation) reasons yet ALL THIS THUNDEROUSLY RAMBUNCTIOUS FISCAL VICTORY is exclusively owed to Wabaunsee's own exquisite Executive Administrator & Great Grand Grant Writing Maestro... the majestic & marvelously mustached Mr. Terry "The Golf Father" Martin!!"

The WCSO wrote on social media

The award is part of the 2024 COPS Hiring Program, a competitive award program designed to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers.

Wabaunsee County was awarded $249,874 as part of the grant program. In total, Kansas was awarded $874,874 with funds also going to the City of Columbus, County of Miami and the City of Sedgwick, according to the DOJ.

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