Hamilton schools to arm certain staff & use metal detectors

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M-Quigley
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Hamilton schools to arm certain staff & use metal detectors

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https://www.whio.com/news/just-hamilton ... IT0jnm9GJ/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This will be in addition to their school resource officers. Apparently the billboards Sheriff Richard K. Jones put up had an effect.

The article says "access to the weapons" which suggests they are locked up and the staff has to walk over to a locked box, unlock the box, remove the firearm, and possibly load it too, like other schools have said publically on television that they do, because heaven forbid you'd actually let the teachers carry them concealed. :roll: Still, it's a (baby) step in the right direction.
HAMILTON — One of Butler County’s largest school systems has agreed to arm staffers and use metal detectors on students after a meeting today with Sheriff Richard Jones and Hamilton’s police chief, the Journal-News has exclusively learned.

Just days after Jones posted a billboard in downtown Hamilton blasting city school officials for lax building security, school officials announced they will allow qualified staffers in schools to have access to firearms during the coming school year.
School staffers — which could include building administrators and teachers — will have to pass a series of qualifying hurdles to be eligible to have access to a firearm during the school day, said Knapp.

Staffers who are former law enforcement officers or military personnel with experience and certification in firearm operations will primarily comprise the candidate pool to have access to the weapons while working in schools, he said.

Criminal and other background checks will be also be required, Knapp said, and re-qualifications will be required periodically and closely monitored.

The use of metal detectors on students is another first for Hamilton Schools.

Knapp said the hand-held metal detectors — or “wands” — will be deployed “unannounced and randomly” during school days at buildings.
“We are coordinating both of these (security changes) with Hamilton Police,” he said.
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https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2 ... 994588002/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hamilton schools will not be arming teachers this year, although there is a possibility other non teaching staff might be armed later.
The school board's decision came down Tuesday night and included a move to help beef up security on campuses. District officials say they'll add two more school resource officers so that they have one in every school. They will also continue to implement mental health services and make them accessible to all students.

The board did not completely rule out the possibility of arming teachers. Board members said they didn't feel they had all the information needed to make such a decision – they'd like to wait for the results of a county-wide school safety levy in November.

Members said they want to keep open the possibility of arming other school personnel and have directed the district's superintendent to gather more information on current non-teacher personnel in the district with military or law enforcement background.
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That there is how you do it.
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