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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus. [/QUOTE]

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the [i]teacher[/i] to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.[/quote]

I understand a teacher not wanting to put their own safety at risk to protect a kid in this situation but I don’t understand you calling it wildly inappropriate that someone did. 
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I made why it was wildly inappropriate clear:

1) They aren't trained to disarm a violent intruder. This attempt could have led to serious injury to themselves or other students easily.

2) Their lack of training and lack of back-up directly led to the intruder escaping.

Those are really big deals.[/quote]

[b]So you’re saying people “trained to disarm” are the only people who should intervene?[/b] You have been watching too much TV.

This teacher prevented a student from being stabbed, potentially killed. Do you think the intruder had a knife out just for fun? If an intruder has a weapon out, you need to believe they plan on using it.

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Yes, I absolutely am. And I don't think I'm the one who's been watching too much TV if you think people aren't trained to disarm people safely should give it a shot and let the chips fall where they may.

Again, I'm glad it didn't end tragically this time, but it could have easily. Which is why MCPS has safety protocols for people to follow in cases like this.

The teacher's job is to call for help when a someone with a weapon enters the building. Not attempt to disarm the intruder and then frog march them to the office. That's literally security or the police's job.[/quote]

You have no common sense. Did you not hear the news - an untrained person grabbed the rifle from the attacker in Australia and more deaths were prevented at Bondi beach.

Any untrained person can do what they need to do when an attack is going on. They are the real heroes. I applaud this teacher.[/quote]

This is a ridiculous analogy. The beach is an open public space that does not bind citizens utilizing the beach to adhere to specific safety protocols in the event of a person with a weapon appearing. A school building has specialized security staff trained to deal with threats like this. There are protocols to be followed by teachers on who to call and want to do in these scenarios for a reason.

If the safety protocols are to be dismissed and ignored, why do we train teachers and admin on them and why do we have security staff in the building? Unarmed teachers can handle it all, right? And we should applaud them for it. That's your argument, right?[/quote]

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