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A police officer assigned to Rocori Public Schools has been placed on paid administrative
leave days after a student brought a loaded handgun to the middle
school.


      Cold Spring City Administrator Paul Hetland says Wednesday that
Officer Dave Sutherland was placed on leave last Friday after an
anonymous complaint.


      Officials can't release the nature of the complaint during their
investigation, but Hetland says Sutherland's leave is related to
his overall performance - not just the April 11 incident in which a
seventh-grader brought a loaded handgun and ammunition to Rocori
Middle School.


      A home listing for Sutherland was unavailable and he could not
be reached for comment.


      In 2003, Rocori High School was the scene of a shooting in which
two students died. The shooter remains in prison.

A liaison police officer has been
placed on paid administrative leave days after a student brought a
loaded handgun to a middle school in central Minnesota.

School resource officer at Rocori on paid leave

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