SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office has received permission to apply for a grant that would give body-worn cameras to all school resource officers in the county.

School resource officers, or SRO's, are assigned to various elementary, middle, and high schools in Spartanburg County to ensure the safety of students and staff.

Despite body cameras being used by law enforcement in the U.S. since the early 2000s, not all officers are required to use them.

Lieutenant Graham McLellan, with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, said the department has been working for years to get additional cameras for SRO's, and the grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) would help greatly.

"Body cams allow us to ensure that our officers are doing things the

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