The state school security marshal is responsible for enhancing school safety by monitoring school safety and security initiatives, developing reasonable training and other guidelines, developing a school security risk assessment tool and ensuring compliance with the provisions of the School Safety and Resiliency Act (Senate Bill 1).
The office is responsible for on-site reviews of schools across the commonwealth to ensure compliance with the law using a risk assessment tool, in collaboration with the Center for School Safety and the Kentucky Department of Education. This tool will be used by local school districts to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and appropriate safety controls for each school within the district. The tool shall be approved by the board of directors of the Center for School Safety and used by local school administrators when completing a school security risk assessment.
SUMMARY OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND RESILIENCY ACT
This law changes the definition of a school resource officer (SRO). It also increases reporting for schools, establishes a school safety coordinator training program and requires every district to have a school safety coordinator. It establishes the position of school security marshal under DOCJT, who will oversee school security-risk assessments, and mandates specialized training for SROs. It requires hiring SROs (as funds allow) and increases building security for schools, including active-shooter training for staff and suggests law enforcement training for student-involved trauma. It further requires the Kentucky Department of Homeland Security to develop a reporting tool for the anonymous reporting of threats.
COMPLIANCE
Compliance officers are assigned to districts throughout the state to conduct on-site reviews using the risk assessment tool. Each officer will do an unannounced assessment with each public school at least once per year. A reassessment will be conducted if the school is found to be non-compliant. By September 1st of each year, the state school security marshal shall present an annual report to the board of the Center for School Safety. This report shall consist of a summary of findings and recommendations regarding school safety and security activity from the previous school year and other items of significance.
STAFF
VACANT
State School Security Marshal
Jody Plummer
Justice Program Administrator
859-622-2209
Steve Moore
Investigator Manager
Steve Mattingly
Investigator Manager
Scott Barrow
Investigator Manager
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State School Security Compliance Investigators
Scott Barrow
Investigator, Region 1
Lonnie Bell
Investigator, Region 2
Todd Holder
Investigator, Region 3
Dennis McDonald
Investigator, Region 4
Shane West
Investigator, Region 5
Joshua Avery
Investigator, Region 6
Tim Hazlette
Investigator, Region 7
Stuart Adams
Investigator, Region 8
James Vaughn
Investigator, Region 10
VACANT
Investigator, Region 11
Steve Moore
Investigator, Region 12
Sam Little
Investigator, Region 13
Mack Rayburn
Investigator, Region 14
Fred Scroggins
Investigator, Region 15
Stephen Mattingly
Investigator, Region 16
Jeff Harris
Investigator, Region 16