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School Resource Officers (SRO) are important partners for schools and
the community in assisting in keeping schools safe and students on the
right track. Lake Washington School District and the Redmond Police
Department partners to provide three school
resources officers for the 2009-10 academic year assigned to Redmond
Junior High School, Rose Hill Junior High School, and Redmond High
School.
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Officer Bill Corson is assigned to
Redmond Junior High. Officer Corson began his career with the Long Beach
(Calif.) Police Department. He has been with the Redmond Police
Department since 1990. Officer Corson served as SRO in the same schools
from 2000 to 2005, while also serving as an undercover investigator,
Field Training Officer, SWAT officer, Tactical Training Instructor, EVOC
(Emergency Vehicle Operator Course) instructor, and
Crowd/Demonstration/Riot Instructor. He and his wife, Karen, have four
children who range in age from 19-28.
Contact Officer Corson.
Officer Paul Edwardsen is assigned to
Rose Hill
Junior High.
Officer Edwardsen is a graduate of Redmond High, class of 1970. He worked for
the Port of Seattle Police Department before coming to the Redmond
Police Department in 1983. During this tenure he served as a SWAT
Officer (14 years), Officer in Charge (19 years), Field Training Officer
(15 years), background investigator (three years), and currently serves
as a crisis negotiator. He has five children, four grown and one who is
11 years old.
Contact Officer
Edwardsen.
Officer Thomas Goepfert is assigned to
Redmond High School. He is currently a Field Training Officer, serves
as a Hostage Negotiator with the Crisis Negotiation Team, and provides
training as a firearms instructor. Officer Goepfert has worked in law
enforcement for five years with assignments in patrol, traffic, and
bicycle patrol. He began his career with the Western Washington
University Police and moved on to Bainbridge Island Police. He lives on
the Eastside and enjoys outdoor sports.
Contact Officer Goepfert. |
