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I spent 8 of my 26 years in law enforcement as School Resource Officer in my county at a middle school and a high school. We spent a lot of time training on Active Shooter training with law enforcement and the schools. We also incorporated the teachers on planning days with training scenarios so they were familiar with the response concepts. There was a lot of time, effort and funds spent on trying to be as prepared as possible but we all know what happens to the plan on first contact. Luckily I had no incidents while in this position. The SROs are funded by the Sheriff's Office and the School Board splitting the cost. The unfortunate aspect is the elementary schools do not have full time officers. I'm sure that will change in the near future since there is an event to justify the money now. Oh, and I haven't met many administrators that I think would be competent enough to carry a firearm. They were a different breed of people, not bad but different.
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