Hunsucker
named new
school resource officer
File photo/TCS
Lincolnton Police K9 Officer Brandon
Hunsucker (with Hary) has been named
Lincolnton High School's new School
Resource Officer.
BY JON
MAYHEW
January 27, 2012 -- The
Lincolnton Police Department’s
K9 officer has been selected as the
new school resource officer (SRO) of
Lincolnton High School.
Officer Brandon Hunsucker has been
serving as the interim SRO since the
start of the 2011-12 school year.
He was originally appointed the
position after Sheriff David
Carpenter fired former SRO and
Sheriff’s Deputy Dale Rex in
August 2011.
Carpenter notified City of Lincolnton
officials days before the start of
school he would not appoint another
deputy to the position.
Hunsucker has been with the police
department since 2006. He was one of
two officers who applied for the job.
Lincolnton Police Sgt. Willie Vaughn
was the other officer. Vaughn was the
first SRO at Lincolnton High School
in 1997 when former Sheriff Barbara
Pickens started the program.
“I wish Officer Hunsucker the
best,” said Vaughn. “I know
he will do a good job.”