Safety in schools
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Anonymous
Nobody got hurt so I guess we really don't need SROs. |
Anonymous
| Exactly, it's fine-they are fine-everything's fine. |
Anonymous
MCPS is trying to maintain brand but it hasn't and doesn't know how to. |
Anonymous
| What is the new Super's plan to improve safety and security in MS and HS? |
Anonymous
You should ask him. He starts next Monday. |
Anonymous
Business as usual I hope since the current approach seems to be working great. Despite the various incidents no one has gotten hurt. They've handled all these things flawlessly. |
Anonymous
Actually, you’ll have to ask our former chief of police and new head of MCPS security, Marcus Jones. It’s his problem now. |
Anonymous
Jones is going to patrol ALL 210 schools himself this year??? |
Anonymous
| 211, hon |
Anonymous
Let's hope not. That just makes things less safe. The CEO program has done a marvelous job too. |
Anonymous
According to a recent article: [Montgomery Co. schools’ new security chief says community engagement officers have caused ‘confusion’ and ‘angst’] |
Anonymous
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wtop:
[Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland moved away from school resource officers two years ago in favor of community engagement officers, or police officers with specific training who are assigned to a high school and patrol nearby, rather than inside the school. The community engagement officers are meant to work with the school and respond to certain incidents inside the schools. They’re even allowed to have an office space inside their school, but they don’t roam the school throughout the day like a traditional SRO. When Montgomery County schools entered into a memorandum of understanding establishing the community engagement officer program with a number of law enforcement agencies who operate in the county, Marcus Jones was chief of the Montgomery County Police Department. Now, he’s on the other side of the agreement, as MCPS’ chief of security and compliance, and he told WTOP he’s looking to improve the program. “I know for a fact that there’s been some confusion on some folks who are engaged in the process of really understanding what their roles are. So we want to make sure that is very clear,” Jones said. The memorandum of understanding between the school system and law enforcement agencies lays out certain “critical incidents” in which the community engagement officer needs to be involved, such as death, rape, gang-related incidents and drug distribution. However, Jones said that’s not the only time these officers should be in schools. While they aren’t meant to patrol the halls, he said they shouldn’t be afraid to step foot in the building. “I think there’s been some angst about them actually being in the schools,” Jones said. “We do want to make sure that they have the ability to liaison with the school administrators and the security teams to make sure that information is being shared, and they have that face-to-face interaction with staff as needed.” Jones also said that in some cases, high schools have either not provided office space to their officer per the memorandum, or the officers haven’t been utilizing space made available to them. Making matters more confusing for the school system, Montgomery County’s police department is one of five law enforcement agencies involved in the program. The sheriff’s department, as well as Rockville, Gaithersburg and Takoma Park police, are also part of the memorandum of understanding. “That’s why it’s important that we’re collaborating and bringing everyone together to make sure that there’s clarity in the agreement,” Jones said. While he doesn’t have any specific changes ready to make to the memorandum of understanding, Jones said that in his first two months with MCPS, he’s now experienced the program from both sides and is ready to get everyone on the same page. “There was confusion, and there was sort of a lack of collaboration, you might say, between the two systems coming together to make sure that we were doing what was set out to do. So that’s where I’m going to really work hard at trying to clear the air there in order for everyone to clearly understand the intent and what is the MOU — what does it state, and what’s permitted and what’s not permitted — so that there’s clarity there as well,” he said.] |
Anonymous
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CEO program = confusion
SRO=silly what's next? |
Anonymous
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SOURCE: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/08/weapons-detectors-could-come-to-montgomery-county-high-schools/
Weapons detectors could come to Montgomery Co. high schools this year Stepped up security is coming to Montgomery County high schools this year. There’s even consideration of bringing weapons detectors to the schools. “I’m on record as the chief of police noting that I’ve seen guns at an all-time high and particularly amongst young people, that still concerns me. This is why I think it’s important for us to put some important measures in place,” said Marcus Jones, former county police chief and current head of Security, Safety and Emergency Management for Montgomery County Public Schools. While neighboring Prince George’s County high schools are already using metal detectors, Jones said the county is exploring the possibility of weapons detections systems in its high schools. “We’re giving that some serious thought … there are those systems out there, we began to talk about that with some of those vendors,” said Jones. In April of 2022, a gun was recovered from a student who was arrested at Clarksburg High School. Last October, a student was arrested for bringing a gun to Walter Johnson High School. If the school system decided to install weapons detectors, Jones said specific schools would not be targeted to receive weapons detectors. “We want to make it equitable across the board. Realistically, I’d like to see it in every high school. I don’t want to single out any given high school, but I want to make sure that we absolutely have it in all of our high schools, because this could happen anywhere, in any one of our high schools, so we want to make sure we’re on top of that,” Jones said. Other security measures under consideration included an expansion of the use student IDs to enter high school buildings. “I think we’re going to do some things with ID checks, we’re going to do some things surrounding door security that I think is going to be vitally important,” said Jones. |
Anonymous
| Detectors? How long will it take a student to go through the doors if that happens? As long as airport lines? |