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 |
davidcoffman@catawbacountync.gov 828-241-2754 |
ceades@catawbacountync.gov | Mt View Elementary | St Stephens Elementary |
Catawba/Tuttle Elementary | Balls Creek Elementary SRO | Claremont/Lyle Creek Elementary nlineberger1@catawbacountync.gov |
Deputy Shawn Goodnight | Oxford Elementary SRO tdaniel@catawbacountync.gov | Sherrills Ford Elementary SRO hrobinson@catawbacountync.gov |
Banoak Elementary SRO | Murray/Campbell Elementary SRO | Snow Creek Elementary SRO dlfox@catawbacountync.gov |
Startown/Blackburn Elementary SRO wcarlisle@catawbacountync.gov |