Crime & Safety

Plain Elementary, Simpsonville PD to be Featured on The Today Show

Following the Newtown, Conn. school shootings, Simpsonville PD has assigned officers to Plain and Simpsonville Elementary schools.

If you tune into The Today Show on Wednesday morning you might see some familiar faces.

The NBC morning news show will feature Plain Elementary’s partnership with the Simpsonville Police Department, Greenville County Schools spokesman Oby Lyles said Tuesday.Β 

the Simpsonville Police Department has supplemented that by housing a community law enforcement officer to enhance security at Plain.

A similar arrangement is in place at Simpsonville Elementary. Mauldin and Fountain Inn police have implemented similar arrangements as well.

The school and the Simpsonville PD will be featured Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. on The Today Show, seen locally on WYFF channel 4.Β 

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