And none of the doom and gloom that MDA and other anti gun anti self defense groups claim would happened has happened yet. It isn't high noon in the school halls.
When it comes to SRO's and arming school staff it's not an either or situation either. Some schools have both and SRO and armed staff. This way if the SRO is at the other end of a huge school and it takes a while to get to a mass shooter, (as has happened in real life) or the SRO is a coward and won't do his job (as has happened) or if the SRO is shot first by a mass shooter (as has happened) or there are multiple active shooters (as has occasionally happened) or the SRO has to cover multiple schools (as has happened) etc, at least the school has a backup plan.
WHIO then lists all the school districts with armed staff, and bolding the school districts in the Miami Valley area.OHIO — The 2023-24 school year is ending, and more than 60 Ohio districts are wrapping up their first year with armed teachers on campus.
The state has invested an additional $78,000 in active shooter scenario training for armed staff. These funds will purchase Mobile Modular Shoot Houses from Kontek Industries to provide realistic training, according to WBNS-10.
The Ohio School Safety Center wants the houses ready by summer so armed staff can complete the mandatory scenario-based training.
67 school districts in 36 Ohio counties have armed staff on site, 21 of which are in the Miami Valley.
Benjamin Logan Local Schools, in Logan County, has 17 staff members trained as part of the armed response team across its three buildings, according to WBNS-10.
“We want this to be a deterrent for an active shooter and we feel very confident that we have put everything possible in place to make it as safe as possible for students and staff,” Benjamin Logan Local Schools Superintendent Jon Scheu said.
The identities of the trained staff members are confidential, but they include people in different positions like administrators, teachers, secretaries, and custodians, WBNS-10 reported.
Scheu said it could take sheriff’s deputies 10 to 15 minutes to respond to an emergency because the district is in rural Logan County.
“When you are talking 10 to 15 minutes, I mean that sounds like not maybe that great of time that law enforcement would arrive, but these active shooters, it takes a matter of seconds and they have done enough carnage to shock the world and it is all the essence of time,” Scheu said.
Armed staff members are required to complete a 24-hour training course, with an eight-hour yearly refresher.