GA building named for officer thought to be first U.S. campus cop killed on duty

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Bibb school police HQ named after Bubba Smith

...nearly 20 campus police officers came together with a similar number of family members to honor Smith, who started working as a campus police officer exactly 31 years ago Friday. He served just half a year, until he was shot and killed April 22, 1983, after he confronted a suspicious man wandering the Central High School grounds.



...Deputy Police Chief Stephanie Prater said her research shows Bubba Smith was the first campus police officer killed in the line of duty in the nation. ...

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