Deputies to Patrol Campuses

GILMER — One East Texas school district will have sheriff’s deputies patrolling their hallways when the school year starts. Gilmer I.S.D. will hire three Upshur County deputies as school resource officers for the upcoming school year. In previous years, the district used officers from the Gilmer Police Department. But, with two campuses out of the city limits, officials thought it would be easier to have one agency oversee the officers. According to KETK, the deputies will be stationed at the high school, middle school, and intermediate elementary campuses.