Sheriff Charles McDonald and the North Carolina Justice Academy are proud to announce that Sergeant Ricky Dean Bishop of the Henderson County Sheriffs Office recently completed the School Resource Officer Certificate Program offered at the Academy. Sergeant Bishop is the 134th officer to receive the certificate since the programs inception. The School Resource Officer Certificate Program is designed to recognize the achievement of law enforcement professionals who have dedicated themselves to making the schools safer for our children and citizens. Officers, upon completion of the program, will have mastered several important aspects of the School Resource Officer training and related topics, thus achieving a high level of professionalism for themselves as well as their agency. The School Resource Officer Certificate Program requires the participants to be sworn officers of a law enforcement agency and be assigned as a School Resource Officer or have been previously assigned as a School Resource Officer. In addition, participants are required to have their agencys head approval to participate in the program due to the time spent away from the agency in efforts to obtain the training needed to complete the program. The certificate program requires 400 hours of training with a focus on School Resource Officers. The core requirements for the program consist of the Basic School Resource Officer training in addition to advanced legal training. All other hours needed to complete the program are related electives offered through the North Carolina Justice Academy. Sergeant Bishop has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for over 24 years and currently serves as the supervisor of school resource officers for Henderson County. Congratulations Ricky! Your contributions as a public servant in Henderson County are appreciated and we are proud of you.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:53:57 +0000