School Resource Officers

Each of the Middle Schools and High Schools in the Catawba County School System has a Deputy Sheriff assigned as a School Resource Officer with the exception of Maiden High and Maiden Middle which are served by Maiden Police Department.. We also have SRO's assigned to elementary schools within the the County School system. Each of these elementary SRO's are assigned to their own school with the exception of four who split their time between two schools. There are also three deputies assigned as School Resource Officers at Catawba Valley Community College, which includes Challenger High School.

The School Resource Officer program has been very successful. The students see the deputies as someone who they can befriend and go to for guidance. A positive relationship with a school resource officer has shown to have a positive affect on a child’s perception of safety at school. The one-on-one relationship between students and officers allows them to solve problems before those problems grow out of control.

In a research study conducted by Captain Fish in 2011, school administrators and resource officers both felt that deputies served as mentors or counselors foremost. Students felt that the deputies were more approachable, because they were in the halls and lunchroom with them. Students associated guidance counselors as part of the school administration, and they are not as likely to go to the office.

If you would like more information, or programs offered by the School Resource Officers, you may call SGT Jody Grindstaff or LT Eric Page at 828-465-8278 or via email at jgrindstaff@catawbacountync.gov and epage@catawbacountync.gov

The School Resource Officers are assigned as follows:


Bandys High School
Deputy Craig Sigmon
CraigSigmon@CatawbaCountyNC.gov
828-241-3171

Bunker Hill High School
Deputy Marcus Miller
mmiller@catawbacountync.gov
828-241-3355

Fred T Foard High School
Deputy Mark Dentel
mdentel@catawbacountync.gov
704-462-1496

Roaming K9 Officer
Deputy Jeremy Graham
jgraham@catawbacountync.gov
828-465-8278

St. Stephens High School
Deputy Dale Lail
dlail@catawbacountync.gov
828-256-9841

Catawba Rosenwald Education Center
Deputy Brandon Lackey
blackey@catawbacountync.gov
828-241-2734

H M Arndt middle School
Deputy Seth Wallace
swallace@catawbacountync.gov
828-256-9545

Jacobs Fork Middle School
Deputy

704-462-1827


Riverbend Middle School
Deputy David Coffman

davidcoffman@catawbacountync.gov

828-241-2754


Mill Creek Middle School
Deputy Chad Eades

ceades@catawbacountync.gov

Mt View Elementary
Deputy Joyce Cline

jcline@catawbacountync.gov

St Stephens Elementary
Deputy Darren Yang

dyang@catawbacountync.gov

Catawba/Tuttle Elementary
Deputy Amber Morris

AMorris@CatawbaCountyNC.gov

Balls Creek Elementary SRO
Deputy Brandie Trouille

btrouille@catawbacountync.gov

Claremont/Lyle Creek Elementary
Deputy Nikki Lineberger

nlineberger1@catawbacountync.gov


Catawba Valley Community College
Deputy Josh Robertson
jrobertson@catawbacountync.gov
828-327-7000 ext 4910

Deputy Shawn Goodnight
sgoodnight@catawbacountync.gov
828-327-7000 ext 4300

Lieutenant Bryon Hollar
bhollar@catawbacountync.gov
828-327-7000 ext 4676

Oxford Elementary SRO
Deputy Toby Daniel

tdaniel@catawbacountync.gov

Sherrills Ford Elementary SRO
Deputy Hunter Robinson

hrobinson@catawbacountync.gov

Banoak Elementary SRO
Deputy

Murray/Campbell Elementary SRO
Deputy

Snow Creek Elementary SRO
Deputy David Fox

dlfox@catawbacountync.gov

Startown/Blackburn Elementary SRO
Deputy Allen Carlisle

wcarlisle@catawbacountync.gov