The Sheriff’s Office’s Community Resource Officer Program (CRO) currently has three Deputy Sheriffs assigned.   Deputy Black is full-time at the Elmira High School and Ernie Davis Academy.  The Sheriff’s Office also has a CRO, Deputy Smith, assigned to the BOCES Campus.  There is also a full-time CRO, Deputy Wheeler, at Horseheads High School.  The goal of these officers is to interact with students in a positive manner on a daily basis.  Deputy Sheriffs assist with counseling, discipline and are in charge of initiating their own program, which helps educate students on how to become productive members of society.

This year, the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office and the Elmira City School District will be expanding their Agreement in order to provide School Resource Officers to elementary schools located within the Elmira City School District at the beginning of this school year.  Four (4) officers will be hired to cover the eight (8) elementary schools located within the district.