By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. -- Dumfries Elementary will become the first primary school in Prince William County with a full-time police school resource officer.
Move comes as a mixed Town Council Tuesday night approved a motion to hire a new police officer who will be trained and posted at the school that has just over 500 students. The push to hire and implement the new officer into the town’s $4 million budget was made by Councilwoman Kristen Forrester following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December that left 20 children and six adults dead.
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