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Our School Resource
Officer program is in its 10th year in Fulton. This is a cooperative agreement between the Fulton Police
Department and the Fulton Public Schools. Major Roger Rice is a specially trained police officer
who acts as the Resource Officer for the Fulton Public Schools. He
maintains an office next to the assistant principal’s office at Fulton
High School. He makes himself available on a daily basis to students
and school staff on a variety of issues. Sharing his time between
Fulton High School and Fulton Middle School, he teaches classes on
law enforcement issues and is responsible for investigating crimes,
which occur on school property. He also attends all home sporting
events providing added security. He sits on the Fulton High School Security Committee,
which makes recommendations to the school board on security issues
at Fulton High. The School Resource Officer is not in the schools
as a security guard. The concept is a triad approach of Teaching classes
on law enforcement issues, Counseling students and staff on
law enforcement matters, and of course Enforcement of the law
on school property. Major Rice has been a certified DARE instructor
for 19 years. All students are familiar and comfortable with
him when they enter Middle School and High School. This familiarity
makes him more approachable by students if they have problems, or are
in need of law enforcement advice. The photos were taken at Fulton Middle School in
a 7th grade class called Strategics. This class is a life skills class
that all 7th grade students rotate through during the school
year. Major Rice teaches 4 sessions. The topics are designed
to help Middle School Students make good decisions, by showing the
consequences of their actions. Topics include Drinking and Driving,
Safe Schools Act, Search and Seizure and Drug K-9 Searches. Lt.
Lyla Robbins assists in teaching the Drug Dog lesson. She is pictured
here with her partner, Bubba, who is Fulton PD's veteran
drug dog.
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