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School Resource Officers
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officer program was named one of the best School Resource Officers Units in the United States after receiving the ASRO Model Agency of the Year Award in 2018. The award recognized the LCSO for exemplifying the NASRO Triad Concept, training, policies, and standards in our practices to ensure professional service and security to the school community.
The LCSO SRO Program has also been at the forefront of training being the first in the Commonwealth to hold advanced Crisis Intervention Training, and our SROs were also the first in the Northern Virginia region to receive training in Sources of Strength - an evidence-led youth suicide prevention program, conducted by The Ryan Bartel Foundation.
In 1996, the LCSO began its School Resource Officer (SRO) program on the heels of extraordinary growth in the county. This growth in population in the county brought with it new schools and a need for the expansion of the SRO program. The job duties and responsibilities of an LCSO SRO include: administering various student programs and school crime solvers, attending school and community meetings, conducting security assessments, conducting staff training, D.A.R.E. for Middle School, handling all criminal investigations originating in the schools, monitoring gang, and other dangerous activity, serving as the law enforcement liaison with the school system, teaching date-rape awareness and prevention and other requested classes and various other assigned duties.
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Know Your SRO
- Academies of Loudoun
Deputy First Class Steven Hajdasz
571-252-1980 - Belmont Ridge Middle School
Deputy First Class Adam Quiroga
571-252-2220 - Blue Ridge Middle School Master Deputy John McClintic
540-751-2520 - Brambleton Middle School Master Deputy Megan Wealand 703-957-4450
- Briar Woods High School Senior Deputy Diron Adams
703-957-4400 - Broad Run High School
Deputy First Class Chris Iversen
571-252-2300 - Dominion High School
Deputy First Class Andrew Cavo
571-434-4400 - Eagle Ridge Middle School
Senior Deputy Mike Cenate
571-252-2140
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- Farmwell Station Middle School
Deputy First Class Gary Ace
571-252-2320 - Freedom High School
Deputy First Class Jason Gadell
703-957-4300 - Harmony Middle School
Deputy First Class Christopher Horbatak
540-751-2500 - Independence High School
Deputy First Class Joseph Dupras
571-367-4200 - J. Michael Lunsford Middle School
Deputy First Class Chris Salter
703-722-2660 - John Champe High School
Deputy First Class Andrew Kim
703-722-2680 - Lightridge High School
Deputy First Class Josh Drahos
571-367-4100 - Loudoun Valley High School
Deputy First Class Matt Vess
540-751-2400
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- Mercer Middle School
Deputy First Class Todd Younkin
703-957-4340 - North Star School Deputy First Class Eric Baker 571-252-2920
- Park View High School
Deputy First Class Calvin Whitaker
571-434-4500 - Potomac Falls High School
Deputy First Class Mitchell Dively
571-434-3200 - River Bend Middle School
Deputy First Class Devin Mickens
571-434-3220 - Riverside High School
Deputy First Class Joshua Goddard
703-554-8900 - Rock Ridge High School
Deputy First Class Mike Baker
703-996-2100
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- Seneca Ridge Middle School
Master Deputy Tim Iverson
571-434-4420 - Sterling Middle School
Deputy First Class Ramon Rivera
571-434-4420 - Stone Bridge High School
Deputy First Class Tavis Henry
571-252-2200 - Stone Hill Middle School Deputy First Class Steven Epple
703-957-4420 - Trailside Middle School
Master Deputy Robert Thomasson
571-252-2280 - Willard Intermediate School Deputy First Class Sodiq Apena
571-367-4040 - Woodgrove High School
Senior Deputy Jon J Merchant
540-751-2600
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Supervisors
- Lieutenant Michael Safford
School Resource Officer Unit Commander
571-223-0015 - Sergeant Megan Wealand
(Lansdowne, North Star, Academies of Loudoun & Sterling Schools)
571-209-7730 - Sergeant Samantha Harwood
(South Brambleton, Loudoun Valley, & South Riding Schools)
571-420-0087 - Sergeant Justin Maas
(Ashburn, North Brambleton, & Western Loudoun Schools)
571-246-5066
SRO Investigator
Detective Shannon Shelow
571-233-2891