Messages of love, support and prayer have poured into the small town of Uvalde, Texas, after the horrific mass shooting in an elementary school there.
On Thursday, May 26, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department joined in with that chorus of voices by releasing a statement on the shooting. The department also advised Guilford County residents that it is stepping up patrols of the elementary schools in the county to help reduce the chance of something similar happening here.
“The men and women of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office have been affected by the horrific tragedy that occurred in Uvalde, Texas,” the statement reads. “We are all impacted by this senseless act of violence. It is our duty to attempt to stop violence in our schools.”
The Thursday press release goes on to say, “We will evaluate all possible means of making our schools safer and preventing future tragedies.”
Over the last decade, Guilford County government and Guilford County Schools have worked together to find ways to make all of the schools in the county more secure. Though some strategies have been implemented, there have been a lot of security upgrades that have been discussed many times but never put into effect. Some of those steps could be taken thanks to new money from the $1.7 billion school bond referendum that county voters just passed.
In the meantime, the Sheriff’s Department has begun watching the elementary schools closely.
“Although we do not currently staff elementary schools with School Resource Officers,” the Sheriff’s Department’s release reads, “our Commanders over dayshift personnel have been instructed to have their officers frequently check in with the elementary schools in their respective areas. These visits are designed to help our officers familiarize themselves with the layout of each school, provide a visible deterrence, and enhance the safety of all our elementary school students and staff.”
In other words we are going back doing what the Sheriffs office was doing before Roger’s took office. The district officers were making periodic stops, having lunch, often with their own kids, having a presence in the schools. The answer to school safety begins and ends with making the school’s secure, impressing on the staff the need for secure facilities and following safety protocols. The need for these protocols and adhering to them will go a long way in keeping our kids safe. May God’s grace be with the parents in Texas.
That has never changed, They still do. This announcement is just political smoke & mirrors & both sides are currently taking advantage of a disturbing situation for gain. If anything like this ever happens in NC, I’m looking straight at Bev Perdue for answers. She did more to cripple the mental health & correctional systems in NC than anyone in our lifetime. I think the clear message here is keep Democrats away from our children.
Nope. Armed guards and checkpoints – all day.
Every school building should have only one heavily secured entry point. All other doors need to be securely locked at all times. All ground level windows need to covered with bullet resistant material. The list goes on. This is reality. More gun control laws? Really. That’s like putting a bandage on a severed artery.
Every school does only have one official entry. But others have to be able to be opened from the inside for obvious reasons. They get left open or opened but unsuspecting kidd etc….
I remember going to school when all we had where fire drills. What has changed to make our country like it is today?
Liberal policy makers & pacifist thinking. Hip hop culture & hug a thug. The list goes on. This never happened when you had corporal punishment & kids brought guns to school in the rear glass racks of their vehicles. This all happened while these so called leaders had their backs turned worrying about offending someone, or what some unicorn b@$tard thought. I say Old School or homeschool. I’m done with ’em.
Yeah, my favorite stupid answer like yours is the woke culture is driving the increased mass shootings.
Texas school did but a teacher left an outside door open and the classroom teachers did not lock their classroom doors. So sad for the kids and families