NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 28, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
SCHOOL
CROSSING GUARDS NEEDED
The
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is looking for people interested in helping
ensure our local children can cross the roads near their schools safely. The
agency currently has 17 school crossing guards but would like to bring on board
five or more additional ones.
An
eight-hour mandatory training course is provided free of charge. Guards are paid
$9.00 an hour for what is typically a four-hour day; two hours in the morning
and two hours in the afternoon. Guards are needed at various schools around
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