An armed off-duty Atlanta Police officer working as a “school resource official,” disarmed and subdued the suspect immediately after he shot the victim and took him into custody
this has been around since the 1990's nothing new here move along
Newtown Calls for Armed School Officers
NBCConnecticut ^ | 2/1/2013 | George colli
Posted on Friday, February 01, 2013 9:52:19 AM by FR_addict
"The Newtown Board of Education will be asking the town to make room for more armed police officers in its budget.
In a meeting Thursday, the board voted to request the town to add full time uniformed school resource officers to its four elementary school s for the next fiscal year was approved this evening. The officers would be Newtown police officers.
“Our parents are demanding of us that things are made safe and secure and certain measures areput in place,” said Chairwoman Debbie Leidlein. “So we’re being very thoughtful.”
Multiple police officers have been stationed at all Newtown schools since the December 14th shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary killed twenty children and 6 teachers. Those officers will remain at the school through the remainder of the school year. For the next fiscal year, resource officers were budgeted only to be at Middle and High Schools. ..."
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