Tioga ISD’s safety and security team has seen a big shift.
James Edland, who was previously chief of police for such departments as the Pilot Point Police Department, the Northeast Police Department and the Krugerville Police Department, has been named the new director of safety and security to replace Kurt Hall, who is leaving for a growing municipality in the region.
“We had some really good candidates; this is not being handed to him,” Superintendent Josh Ballinger said. “His experience, not only in our community, but surrounding communities and 32 years in this type of work where he’s spent the majority of it in small departments but also has a lot of good experience out in the county as well, where all that coordination has to happen on all emergency levels, it seemed to make great sense and worked out great for Kurt to help make this decision.”
