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PHOTOS BY MELISSA WEINMAN
Sgt. James McNabb keeps vehicles moving along
busy Roswell Road in Sandy Springs.
“Traffic coming out of
schools is no different
than traffic in the rest of
Sandy Springs, which can
be a nightmare at times,
but it’s not consistent.”
- CAPT. STEVE ROSE
SANDY SPRINGS
POLICE SPOKESMAN
their shift to go into the school and in
teract with students and staff.
“Our goal is to increase patrols, and
if anyone were thinking about any kind
of criminal actions, it would be a deter
rent,” Fecht said.
Fecht said the other goal of the pro
gram is to give students a positive intro
duction to police officers.
“We want them to see us as a friend
ly face and know officers by name ... so
they’re not intimidated and don’t have
that negative connotation,” Fecht said.
“It’s a friendly face that they can trust.”
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ing relationships with the schools in
Brookhaven,” Gurley said. “We have re
quests from time to time both from par
ents and school officials for increased pa
trols around their property, whether it’s
traffic or safety issues.”
In Sandy Springs, police spokesman
Capt. Steve Rose said off-duty police
officers have been hired to direct traf
fic at schools located on busy streets,
such as The Weber School at the inter
section of Roswell and Abernathy roads,
and North Springs Charter High School
near Dalrymple Road.
“Traffic coming out of schools is no
different than traffic in the rest of San
dy Springs, which can be a nightmare at
times, but it’s not consistent,” Rose said.
He said Sandy Springs police are
available to the school resource officers
from Fulton County schools. “We’re al
ways working with school resource offi
cers if they need something,” Rose said.
The DeKalb County School System
has its own police force that serves the
schools. School resource officers are typ
ically posted at middle and high schools.
The county also provides crossing guards
to help students safely cross the road.
Fecht said there typically are not
school resource officers in elementary
schools. In March, the Dunwoody Po
lice Department created a program for
elementary schools called SAFE: Safety
and Friendship in Education.
“We started that early this year in
light of events that happened in New
town, Conn.,” Fecht said.
Fecht said under the program, offi
cers who are patrolling near elementary
schools will take a few minutes out of
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