Fortuna, California
Isabella Vonglakhone
This year at Fortuna Union High School many things are changing especially with the new addition of an on campus School Resource Officer, Officer Frank. As Officer Frank states it, “I think it was a shock at first for the students seeing me walk around-but I haven’t had any major negative interactions with the kids, it’s all be positive.” According to Frank, Fortuna High has been very inviting, and she loves it so far.
She currently holds her main office on Fortuna High’s campus and works with any campus that feeds into Fortuna High. She tells me that she does an array of jobs from going to social functions, helping out with clubs, arresting, giving a positive name to the police force, and serving as a mentor/guidance to those who need it. Fortuna Police Department and County Major Z’s vision for having a School Resource Officer on campus was to help make the schools a more welcoming place to learn by dealing with drugs, truancy, and violence issues.
“Officer Frank brings a positive light,” says Principal Duey.
Officer Frank has always wanted to be in law enforcement. At age twenty-five, she began the police academy after buying a house, a car, and getting settled. She takes after her father who is ex= law enforcement. She says that she loved working with children and thought about becoming a teacher. Becoming a School Resource Office here at Fortuna High ended up being the right fit for her to be able to do the two things that she loves. Fortuna High can’t wait to see the positive affects Officer Frank will have on our campus and the one’s in the Eel River Valley.
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