PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT- SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS

El Paso, Texas – Sheriff Richard D. Wiles and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office would like to remind the community of our partnership with the area school districts. The Sheriff's Office has been in a partnership with the Clint Independent School District and San Elizario Independent School Districts for eight years, and the Sheriff's Office has recently added the Fabens Independent School District to our partnership.

The Patrol Division Commander Ryan Urrutia has been able to grow the program over the past four years from nine School Resource Officers in two school districts to nineteen School Resource Officers in three school districts. The program serves as a security measure for the campuses, mentorship of students, education of social media postings, drug education awareness, and consciousness to parents and staff. Commander Ryan Urrutia who leads the School Resource Officers Team would like to remind parents and staff in our community that we are working to assure our children have the safest educational environment to learn and grow.