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About Me

Martin Schafer is Chief of the Fayette County Public Schools Police Department. In this role, he leads 70 school resources officers and 8 civilian staff members charged with serving the students and staff within Fayette County Public Schools. Before this assignment, he served as an operations lieutenant, sergeant, and officer in the department. Throughout his 25-year Army National Guard career, he completed two tours in Iraq, one as a Rifle Platoon Leader (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and the other as a Forward Support Company Commander (Operation New Dawn). Martin was twice awarded The Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge for his service during these combat operations. He is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky Army National Guard serving as the logistics officer at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Western Kentucky.