Should Marlboro Schools Have Armed Guards in Wake of Newtown Shooting?
The Board of Education is creating a plan to have an armed officer in ever school after the new year.
Marlboro Township has become the topic of discussion around the country after the decision to place armed officers in each school come 2013. The decision came to fruition in the wake of the Newtown, CT school shooting which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults on Dec. 14. While the township has digital security measures in place, including a Visitor Management System which scans drivers licenses of any school visitors and checks names against local, state and national databases; the Board of Education is now teaming up with the Marlboro Police Department to add bodies with guns to school front doors. "The protocols for these policemen are being written during the winter break with key input provided by police and school district…
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Steve R
10:04 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
At the BOE meeting it was said that officers are volunteering their own time and thusly have been compensated at a much reduced rate. It was also stated that the money is surplus and was sitting in the schools coffers from programs that had cost less than was originally budgeted more ›