INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Braun announced Julie Q. Smith, a former sergeant with the Columbus Police Department and Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. school resource officer, will serve as the state’s first Director of the Office of School Safety.
In Columbus, Smith supervised the School Resource Officer Division in Columbus, comprising 18 schools. She is a former school resource officer for BCSC.
Smith is a national instructor for the National Association of School Resource Officers as well as regional director for the Midwest states, president of the Indiana School Resource Officers Association, and has been recognized for her proactive, evidence-based leadership on strengthening schools and promoting school safety legislation.
Braun created the Office of School Safety as part of his Freedom & Opportunity Public Safety agenda.
