School Resource Officer starts work for Kimball PD

Kimball has acquired a School Resource Officer (SRO). The SRO is stationed at the high school but also keeps an eye on the elementary school. His first and foremost duty is assuring the safety of the students.

Ryan Smith is the new SRO and he recently moved to Kimball with his family.

"I have a wife, Omruthai, she works up at the Manor and I have two boys James and Justin, James is an eighth grader and Justin is a fifth grader. I do have a twenty-one year old daughter who goes to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland," Smith said

Smith is a Nebraska native, and he has a background i...