Posted on Apr 24, 2015
Should Veterans be considered for school security since they already have the training?
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We all know the schools have an issue with the children bringing guns and shooting fellow classmates and faculty. maybe when a soldier is finished with their obligation to the country, they should be offered, by the state, a position with the school districts to help keep our children safe.
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I answered 'i think Greg should go back to bed' because we all know you actually posted this from your laptop in bed, that the last things the Teachers Union would allow is a veteran around the children, telling those empty vessels about truth and the real world and if our soldiers and veterans are already taking their own lives, what would an important 'job' like this do to those numbers?
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MSG Louis Alexander
Irrelevant Brad, from what I gather from your analysis one: You’re afraid to hurt the Teacher Union’s feelings, or that schools would put in place severe PTSD individuals. Two: Surly they would have a medical if not psychological examination first before being placed. I can tell you as both a retired member of the military and State law enforcement, a visual presence is priority in order to present a deterrent or in some cases prevent such occurrences. Case in point: Where I reside you have one, that’s right one police officer acting as a Resource Officer for the entire school be it Elementary, Middle or High school. If someone is intended to inflict great harm upon the children of that school, isn’t it logical to pose as a student, or in some cases distract the officer and put him out of commission to continue the slaughter of innocent children? Surly schools would have a policy and procedure in place advising the veteran of what they can or cannot discuss with students. Some schools in fact encourage positive communication between the two, what better way of actually allowing students to speak with part of living history in order to further understand the history of our nation, seems it would inspire them to actually research and discover real history, what’s that called? Oh! Education.
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I teach currently, elementary K-5. I also have my CCP and am a responsible gun owner. I was an 0341 with plenty of weapons training. Immediately following Sandy Hook I drafted an email to the assistant superintendent of my district expressing my desire to have school policy amended to allow select staff to carry on premises.
Never received a response. Hell, simply advertising that select staff were carrying would be a huge deterrent. A possible active shooter would skip the school with a sign in the window that reads: "Select Staff Carrying Concealed Weapons."
I constantly educate my kids on sheltering in place, and we don't just lock the door for shooter drills, we bar the doors, wedge chairs etc which are fireproof solid metal core and would require serious effort to come through. (still not a fan of shelter in place but it is what it is)
Other than that, it seems that people feel if they ignore the threat of an active shooter on campus, the threat will go away. It doesn't work like that. Antiquated shelter in place practices need to be replaced with deterrent or teachers that have been adequately trained to shoot back should SHTF.
/rant.
Never received a response. Hell, simply advertising that select staff were carrying would be a huge deterrent. A possible active shooter would skip the school with a sign in the window that reads: "Select Staff Carrying Concealed Weapons."
I constantly educate my kids on sheltering in place, and we don't just lock the door for shooter drills, we bar the doors, wedge chairs etc which are fireproof solid metal core and would require serious effort to come through. (still not a fan of shelter in place but it is what it is)
Other than that, it seems that people feel if they ignore the threat of an active shooter on campus, the threat will go away. It doesn't work like that. Antiquated shelter in place practices need to be replaced with deterrent or teachers that have been adequately trained to shoot back should SHTF.
/rant.
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SrA (Join to see) not every veteran has trained in physical security, and small arms. You would need veterans from specific specialties to perform this task. I think that it is a good idea to put armed constables in and around schools. I also think it is a sad commentary that it is necessary. When I was in school we didn't need to put an orange cap on a toy gun to indicate to others that it was a toy. Kids who chewed their pop tart into the shape of a gun were not suspended. It seems that a lot of the things that as kids our parents were expected to teach us at home are no longer important. When I was young we watched war movies, then divided up and went to war. We had toy guns, sticks, and rocks all were used as pretend weapons. We understood that it was not real, and had no need or desire to take that into school. We were taught respect for our teachers. If homework wasn't done, that was our fault not mom and dad's fault. Certainly it would not be the teacher's fault.
Sorry got off on a rant.
I think that taking veterans who used small arms in the military should be tapped as school district constables. They should be trained, armed, and deployed to school zones to keep them safe.
Sorry got off on a rant.
I think that taking veterans who used small arms in the military should be tapped as school district constables. They should be trained, armed, and deployed to school zones to keep them safe.
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