MOHALL – The Renville County Sheriff’s Office is looking to hire the county’s first school resource officer with the assistance of a federal grant.

The department will receive $205,446 from the U.S. Department of Justice through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program, according to the department and Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer.

The school resource officer would serve Glenburn and Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood schools.

The COPS Hiring Program gave a combined $830,446 to hire additional police officers at four police and sheriff’s departments in North Dakota. In addition to Renville County, Lincoln, Mandan and Stark County also received funds.