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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to start being more open to weapon detection technologies in schools. I'd rather see this than those electric busses they spent a bunch of money on but could barely mobilize. [/quote]

I think it will make kids even later to class (which is already a struggle given how congested the hallways are and how large th property is), and I'm not at all optimistic that they can find adequately trained staff to operate metal detectors effectively.  Even the TSA has a shockingly high fail rate in locating guns in baggage -- and they are trained a lot more thoroughly, and have better equipment, than MCPS is going to get.  I've talked to LEO that operate metal detectors and they say it is really not that easy and requires a trained eye -- it's not like in the movies where you see the outline of a gun against a stack of clothing.

See this article, which highlights how metal detectors are not necessary as easy as they seem:

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED595716.pdf
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I favor bringing back SROs, increasing security especially at doors and bathrooms, and requiring visible display of picture ID cards --- but not metal detectors or closing the campus[/b].[/quote]

Agree with all of this.

Even just implementing measures like this will make students aware that adults are aware of the problem and are watching the situation.  Could act as a deterrent.  [/quote]
I also think having SROs in school acts as a deterrent.  I realize some people don't like it because some kids "feel" uncomfortable with SROs in schools, but I guarantee you that your kid will more than feel just uncomfortable if they get shot, beat up, knifed.  And given that a lot of the victims of violence in schools tend to be URM, I would think SROs for them would be even more welcomed.

Even so, kids' safety is more important than how some kids feel.[/quote]

Oh, I agree!  But, try telling that to our 'progressive' political leaders and our BOE.  They disagree and forcefully pushed SROs out of schools, despite the fact that principals and parents wanted the program to stay intact.  [/quote]

Some parents supported keeping the SROs. Other parents supported the effort to eliminate the SRO positions.[/quote]

Yes, but neither MCPS nor the BOE had made a decision one way or another, before Elrich (with backing from Jawando) unilaterally decided to end the program.[/quote]
I hope the uptick in crime in MCPS forces their hand, and they bring back SROs, not CEOs.

This is what happened when they removed the SROs completely.   Violence went up, so Elrich had to back track and support CEOs.  Now that we are seeing even more violence, I hope they bring back SROs in HS.

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/montgomery-county-public-schools-school-resource-officers-police-council-marc-elrich-students-parents-study-feedback-hybrid-program[/quote]

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