By Alex Bakken
Sheriff, Carbon County, Wyoming
With the first day of school rapidly approaching, we are extremely excited to announce that the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office will now have a second full-time School Resource Officer (SRO,) this time for Carbon County School District 2.
Tyler Christen, formally a sergeant with the Saratoga Police Department, was sworn in as a Carbon County Deputy on Thursday, August 17th. Deputy Christen will be our newest School Resource Officer, joining Deputy Joel Robertson, who is currently our District 1 SRO.
This means that both School Districts in Carbon County will now have full-time Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who has helped us build our School Resource Officer program from the ground up in eight short months.
We’d like to extend a special thank you to the following individuals and organizations:
1. Carbon County School District 1 (Superintendent Mike Hamel, Schoolboard, and staff.)
2. Carbon County School District 2 (Superintendent Darrin Jennings, Schoolboard, and staff.)
3. The Board of Carbon County Commissioners.
4. Rawlins Police Department (Chief Mike Ward and staff.)
5. Deputy Joel Robertson. (First SRO in our Sheriff’s Office history.)
6. And,most importantly, the community members of Carbon County. Without your support, none of this would have been possible.
Thank you, everyone!
-Sheriff Alex S. Bakken.
