luvsJack
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- Apr 3, 2007
A little OT (sorry) but the idea of there being an actual law-enforcement officer in an elementary, Jr., high or high school on a full-time basis is so foreign to me that I can't even imagine it. And the number if incidents you mention at what apparently is a single school boggles the mind.
I didn't mention a number of incidents? They have lock downs for a number of things, many of which really do not mean the students are in any danger. One was for a non custodial threatening his ex that he would go pick up his child. I think they have had actually one for any kind of weapon on campus and it was a knife found in a locker. I believe maybe a hunting knife. That was dd's freshman year and the custodial parent thing was her junior year. Lock down has come to mean a whole lot more than a shooter on campus.
All of our area high schools have police officers. That particular high school started with it being an off duty deputy. And over time, the money was in the budget for an officer and police car. He isn't there to just guard the school or anything. He breaks up fights, looks for kids skipping class, calls the sheriff's office if they feel the need for the drug dog on campus. He helps when one of the students has car trouble, jumps of their batteries, gets locked keys out of the car, changes tires, etc. He talks to the students about the dangers of drug and alcohol and gives presentations. He is around at all sporting events. He is the go to person for anyone needing to report bullying problems (they have an online anonymous reporting thing) or to investigate bullying. He investigates if there is a theft on campus.