Former conservation police officer hired as SRO

Beth McGuire

MONTEREY — Beth McGuire is joining the Highland County Sheriff’s Office as a school resource officer for Highland County Public Schools — the first SRO the division has had in some time.

McGuire was a conservation police officer for 14 years with the Department of Wildlife Resources but left the job to spend more time with her family.

“That was the main motivator for leaving that job,” McGuire said, adding that she had loved the job.

McGuire then became an auxiliary depu...