School Officials Reject Idea of Arming Teachers at Safety Meeting
However, law enforcement and school district officials said a meeting of the Safe Schools Partnership Program Thursday morning produced meaningful discussions on other ways to prevent a repeat of the tragic school shooting in Connecticut last week.
UPDATED 1:15 p.m.- Law enforcement and school district officials said a meeting of the Safe Schools Partnership program Thursday morning produced meaningful discussions about ways the two groups can work together to improve safety at St. Louis-area schools in the wake of last week’s tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Both the Manchester Police Department and Town and Country Police Department had officers at Thursday's meeting. (Town and Country also provided Patch with information on the Safe Schools Partnership and how schools and poice prepare for a school intruder situation, which has been posted in the "comments" box below.) (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) “It was a very frank and open …
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Gabrielle Biondo
1:17 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Town and Country police sent this response in an email to Patch referencing the Safe Schools Partnership program: "...area law enforcement and school officials didn’t wake up on December 15th and suddenly realize we needed to prepare for an incident as tragic as Newtown. The reality is we have been preparing for responding to, and preventing if possible, such incidents since Columbine occurred in… more ›