9K Grant Awarded To GCPD To Fund 5 Full-Time School Resource Officers

Credit: Goose Creek Police Department GOOSE CREEK, S.C. – The Goose Creek Police Department plans to hire additional school resource officers and p...

August 9, 2023
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Credit: Goose Creek Police Department GOOSE CREEK, S.C. – The Goose Creek Police Department plans to hire additional school resource officers and purchase several patrol cruisers thanks to a state grant. The department announced Tuesday it was awarded the 2023–24 School Resource Officer Grant in the amount of $638,770 from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. This will be the third consecutive year that GCPD has received this grant and increased its grant-funded positions from two to five officers, Captain James Emerson said in a news release.

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