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Officer Thomas Conover joins McIntosh as the new school resource officer

Kaden Johnson, staff writer

Sep 26, 2023

Officer Thomas Conover joined the staff of McIntosh the 2023-2024 school year.

School Resource Officer Thomas Conover has one of the most important roles at McIntosh. It’s Conover’s first year being SRO for McIntosh.

Conover wasn’t always a police officer.

“I actually used to be a teacher before I started into the police force,” Conover said.

As a SRO and a former teacher, he has experienced two different aspects of a school.

“It’s good to get back into the school to interact with students and try to help them the best way I can,” Conover said.

Although he is a new SRO, he doesn’t have many big changes planned for the school.

“I don’t know if there’s a lot of changes, the SROs that we had here before have done a really good job. So, I’m just kind of trying to build on what they’ve already had set up and have going here,” Conover said.

Conover replaced SRO Brandon Weathersby at the end of last school year; Weathersby returned to regular duty with PTCPD.

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