Akron Public Schools is making some changes to how they hire part-time police officers after an officer with a tumultuous disciplinary record ended up on the school board’s agenda.
Mark Williamson with Akron Public Schools told 19 News that Lieutenant Brian Simcox’s name should’ve never ended up on the agenda as a candidate in the first place. He said HR rejected his application after they found out about an incident from 2018.
Several parents were furious when they learned Lieutenant Brian Simcox’s name was on the Akron Public School Board’s agenda last month for approval as a police liaison officer. “There’s deeper work that needs to be looked into about who we bring around our children about who we contract and give our money to and the fact that it got as far as the agenda is the flag and we need to take it all the way back and look at what happened,” said parent Fran Wilson.
19 News learned Simcox was recommended to the district by an Akron police officer. The one change the district is making is that HR will interview each candidate after they’re recommended. He was suspended for 10 days in 2020 for posting the time and location that a swat team would meet up on social media.
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