Place is county’s new PRO school officer

Capt. Seth Place of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has been selected as the new Prevention Resource Officer for Morgan County Schools under a partnership among the Sheriff’s Department, the Morgan County Commission and the county school system.

Place is in his 23^rd year of law enforcement with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department. He’s also a member of the West Virginia Air National Guard and recently returned from a deployment in the Middle East.

Capt. Seth Place of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department was introduced as the Morgan County Schools PRO officer at the December 2 Board of Education meeting.
photo by Kate Shunney

Jeromy Duelley introduced Capt. Place as the school system’s new PRO officer at the December 2 meeting of the Board of Education, which included a large attendance of students and families for a semi-annual student award ceremony.

Capt. Place said he looks forward to continuing to build community partnerships as he steps into the role.

PRO officers play both an educational and law enforcement role in public schools, teaching classes on varied topics related to safety and positive choices while also advising school officials and providing safety expertise.

Capt. Place previously taught DARE classes, a drug use prevention and anti-violence program, for many years in Morgan County Schools.