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Pine Bluff Police Pull Officers Out Of Schools

By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The Pine Bluff Police department has moved school resource officers and Drug Abuse Resistance Education officers out of the public schools. Pine Bluff Mayor Dutch King imposed a hiring freeze throughout the city - including the police department. Since the department is short 29 officers- Chief Daniel Moses says they had to pull officers out of the schools and put them out on patrol. Superintendent Frank Anthony says they do have school security officers and a high tech surveillance system in place at many of the schools that will keep things safe.

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