𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄
Taylor County Schools was one of the first districts in the state to create its own police department. The department has grown since it was created, and we now employ four (4) School Resource Officers (SROs) at each campus within the district.
Taylor County Primary Center / Intermediate School
Jimmy Luttrell joined our team of SROs in the summer of 2025. He is stationed at the primary center and intermediate school.
Taylor County Middle School
Aaron Fields joined our team in August 2026 and is stationed at Taylor County Middle School.
Taylor County High School / District
David Tucker joined our team of School Resource Officers in January 2022 and is stationed at Taylor County High School. He is also the district's Chief of Police.
He is a 1992 graduate of Taylor County High School and graduated from Lindsey Wilson College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice.
Officer Tucker worked as an officer for the Campbellsville Police Department for two decades before becoming an SRO. Since beginning the job, he has been impressed by Taylor County staff members' dedication to caring for the district’s students and the wide variety of opportunities the district provides for them.
“Being a school resource officer differs from my previous law enforcement work in a lot of ways,” he said. “It’s my hope that my past experience can help me as I work to guide students down the right path in life and ensure they have a safe environment where they know they are protected.”
Central Kentucky Career Academy
Tim Coppage, SRO at the CKCA and John "Bam" Carney Center, has been an SRO at Taylor County Schools for over six years.
He graduated from Taylor County High School in 1983 and attended Campbellsville College for two years before taking a job with the Kentucky State University Police Department in Frankfort.
After several months there, he returned to Campbellsville to work as a full-time emergency dispatcher and a part-time member of the Campbellsville Police Department’s (CPD) auxiliary force. He was hired on as a full-time CPD officer in 1990 and retired in 2010.
He then took a position with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) and worked there until 2020. Three of his 10 years with TCSO were spent working as an SRO for Taylor County Schools, so when the school district decided to create its own police department in 2020, Officer Coppage was a natural choice!
“I’ve worked a little bit at all of the schools, and being an SRO at each one is pretty different,” he explained. “At the primary center, my biggest concern is parents or family members, since the students here are younger kids. Every once in a while there may be a child I’m asked to talk to, so we’ll walk through the halls and talk for a while and that’s it, problem solved.”
He said the field of policing has changed a lot since he began decades ago, but he’s glad to be working as an SRO now, and takes pride in being a good role model for the students who look up to him.
“I can’t even count how many fist bumps and hugs I get from kids every day, and it makes it all worth it,” he said. “I got to a point in law enforcement where I was burnt out and didn’t want to do it anymore, but now I enjoy getting up and coming in to work every day.”
