school security
School Security Forum in Neptune Tuesday [AUDIO]
April marks four months since Sandy Hook school shootings. In New Jersey, school districts continue to strengthen their security measures, examine their plans and work on ways to protect our children when they are at school. A special forum is set for Tuesday in Monmouth County that turns the focus on the past, present and future of this complicated issue.
Teachers’ Group Blasts Training, Arming Recommendations
The American Federation of Teachers is denouncing a suggestion that schools train selected staff to carry weapons, and that each school should have at least one armed security officer. The head of the teachers' group calls the idea a "cruel hoax" that won't protect children and schools.
Bergen County Creates School Safety Task Force
Jackson Memorial Security Increased Following Threat
Armed Guards Won’t Make Schools Safer, Says Chris Christie
NRA Calls for Armed Police Officer in Every School [VIDEO]
The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." The National Rifle Association broke its silence on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead.
