Knoxville Police Officer Cody Nichol is stepping into his new role as school resource officer for the Knoxville Community School District.

Nichol will take over for Sergeant Kyle Keller, who was recently promoted. Qualifications for a school resource officer include a minimum of 24 months with the department, a proactive approach to law enforcement, ability to work with minimum supervision, a desire to work in a K-12 educational setting, and a willingness to attend/instruct training as it relates to overall student/staff safety. Nichol has served the community of Knoxville for four years as a full-time police officer and for three years as a reserve. Officer Nichol will take over for Sergeant Keller, who had served in the SRO role for the last eight years. Nichol is excited to step into this new role.

“While out on patrol I get to interact with a lot of people, but doing it in the schools you get to interact with just as many people if not more but you get to do it in a far more positive light than we often get to do on patrol.”

Hear more from Officer Nichol on today’s Let’s Talk Knoxville.