Mark Boggs
talks with former resource officer J. Mark Perry, right, now a detective with
the Mansfield City Police Department, and Officer Orlando Chatman Jr., the
department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officer. Mansfield
City Police Officer Mark Boggs began his new role Monday as the resource
officer at Mansfield Senior High and Mansfield Middle School.
He succeeds
J. Mark Perry, who has joined the department’s detective division. Perry had
been the schools’ resource officer for 4 1/2 years.
“I plan to
interact with students and staff any way I can to maintain a safe and positive
environment,” said Boggs, who served two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S.
Marine Corps. “My approach will be to identify potential problems early on, but
I want students to know they can come up and talk to me anytime.”
When he
isn’t in the hallways or commons area, Boggs will work from a second-floor
office where he can monitor the network of security cameras and complete
reports.
In October
2017 Boggs responded to MPD Sgt. Patrick Williams’ call for other officers to
join him in reading to the district’s youngest students. He and Williams read
Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” to kindergarten children at Woodland Elementary
School.
Boggs
attended Mansfield City Schools until his sophomore year when he transferred to
Madison. His seven years of active duty with the Marine Corps included training
Iraqi police officers.
A former
city probation officer, Boggs has been a member of the Mansfield City Police
Department for 2 1/2 years.