Sweet Home School Resource Officer Back On Campus

SWEET HOME, Ore. March 19, 2021 —  Sweet Home Police Department School Resource Officer Geoff Hamlin gives a presentation to Sweet Home High School students during a health class unit covering unintentional injury prevention. 

During the presentation, Hamlin discussed various choices that can lead to unintended criminal and personal consequences. He outlined examples he has personally experienced during his career as a police officer. Topics ranged from drunken driving to laws concerning firearms. As part of the presentation, students could attempt field sobriety tests while wearing goggles designed to impair vision and simulate intoxication. Officers use field sobriety tests on patrol to evaluate the impairment of suspected intoxicated drivers. 

While school shutdowns were in place as part of the effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, Hamlin had been working patrols. With students attending part-time in-person, Hamlin returned to the classroom last week and began giving students presentations. While he continues to work patrols as the Police Department is filling open patrol positions, he is eager to return to his position's educational aspects and happy to start going back to work in the schools.  

Hamlin has been at Sweet Home’s schools for more than five years.

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For Additional Information Contact:
Sean Morgan, CSO
Sweet Home Police Department
541-367-5181
shpd@sweethomeor.gov