Police have arrested a school security guard for what police say were sexual incidents that happened at Sarasota High School.
The girl who complained is a student.
40-year-old John Jones has been employed since 1992 as a campus security monitor at Sarasota High School. He is one of a half dozen men and women the school hires to patrol hallways, bathrooms and campus grounds to ensure student safety.
The student, who police say is younger than 18, told them she had sex with Jones twice while school was in session. Police say she told them one incident was in an empty school hallway, and a second incident was in a janitor's room. The incidents began as kissing and ended with intercourse.
Sarasota police say it was the girl who reported the incidents to them.
A background check shows Jones has no previous convictions. He is being held without bond on two charges of sexual battery.
The principal hires security monitors, and their job requires a high school diploma and a criminal background check.
The school board says that men and women hired as school security monitors in the future will be required to hold a license requiring specialized training. Also, instead of being hired by the schools' principal, they will be hired by a school security director. That's a transition that is already underway.
