In the school year 1998-99 each school system in the State of Tennessee received monies appropriated under the Safe Schools Act to set up programs to help ensure safety in schools. With this money and in cooperation with the Marshall County Sheriff's Office and the Lewisburg Police Department, The Marshall County School System started a School Resource Officers Program at each high school and middle school. The officers are employees of their respective departments. They are not employees of the Marshall County Board of Education.

The School Resource Officer Program (SRO) is an innovative approach to community service and is designed to establish a postive relationship between law enforcement and young people while fostering a safer learning environment. The SRO Program is a nationally accepted concept with goals of reducing violence, deterring drug and alcohol use and a general reduction in juvenile crime. The SRO's are not just "cops on campus", rather they are positive role models who interact with students in a supportive manner. They perform varied duties at each school, which are based on the needs of the students and teachers at the school where they are assigned.