EVERGREEN, Colo. — One day after a student opened fire at Evergreen High School , the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office shared that the school had a full-time school resource officer (SRO), but they were on medical leave at the time of the shooting.

To fill in the gap, Evergreen High has been utilizing part-time SROs.

“We have a couple of part-time SROs that share this school right now. There was no one from the SRO unit at the school when the shooting started,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said Thursday. “He was there until about 10:30, 10:45, and then he was dispatched out here for an accident.”

In the wake of the shooting, Denver7 has heard from several parents who were concerned about the lack of a full-time SRO.

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