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