Meet our Experienced Safety Team

Safety and security are paramount for P-H-M, ensuring that students feel safe to facilitate learning and that families trust in our protective measures.

As a nationally recognized leader in school safety, we collaborate with the Indiana Department of Education School Safety Academy to train specialists and use best practices for threat evaluation.

Our comprehensive safety plans, including a 3-layered security approach, safety drills, and partnerships with local law enforcement, provide robust protection.

The Safe School Helpline® offers a confidential reporting system for concerns, and our Threat Assessment Teams ensure timely responses to potential dangers. Our experienced Safety Team, led by Director Tommy Teeter, brings extensive law enforcement expertise to maintain a secure environment for all.

Director of Safety & Security Tommy Teeter

Director of Safety & Security Tommy Teeter is a 30-year-veteran with St. Joseph County Police Department, seven of those years working in P-H-M Schools as a D.A.R.E. Officer and School Resource Officer (SRO). Director Teeter retired as a Sergeant from SJCPD in June 2022 to join P-H-M full time as the new Director of Safety & Security training under retiring Director Mike Seger. Director Teeter brings a wealth of law enforcement expertise and experiences that will greatly benefit P-H-M students, teachers, staff, families and patrons. Director Teeter started his law enforcement career in Corrections. He spent 18 years as a Patrol Officer. During this time, Teeter also trained and earned certifications that also qualified him to be a Field Training Officer, Traffic Investigator, Hostage/Crisis Negoatiator  with Metro SWAT Team and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Task Force. In 2015, Teeter transferred from the ATF Task Force to the SJCPD Training Division. From 2015-2019, Teeter trained to become and also trained other officers to be D.A.R.E. mentors. He began working in P-H-M schools with students during this time. In 2019, he was promoted to Sergeant and began working as a SRO for Penn-Harris-Madison. Director Teeter is also a certified as a Basic and Advanced SRO from NASRO, the leading company for training SROs. He has also been a part of the District Threat Assessment Team. During his time with P-H-M, Director Teeter has been a friendly and reassuring face connecting with students, teachers, staff, administrators and families. He worked very closely with retiring Director Mike Seger and cross trained with Mr. Seger for two months before his retirement. 

The rest of the team includes:

P-H-M Lead Safety Agent assigned to the Penn High School Campus
Don “Mike” Reppert, dreppert@phm.k12.in.us, Retired (27 years) St. Joseph County Police Officer

P-H-M Safety Agent assigned to Schmucker, Bittersweet, Elsie Rogers, Moran, Walt Disney
Britton Pratt, bpratt@phm.k12.in.us, Retired (28 years) South Bend Police Officer

P-H-M Safety Agent assigned to Discovery, Horizon, Northpoint, Prairie Vista, Mary Frank
Kent Wickham, kwickham@phm.k12.in.us, Retired (27 years) St. Joseph County Police Officer

P-H-M Safety Agent assigned to Grissom, Madison, Meadows Edge, Elm Road
Devin Reagan, dreagan@phm.k12.in.us, Former (8 years) St. Joseph County Police Officer

If you have questions about school safety contact Director of Safety & Security Tommy Teeter at (574) 258-9551 or click to email Director Teeter.