Uvalde Had A Security System For School Shootings. The Failure To Implement It Doesn’t Mean Democrat

[Kamaji]

Uvalde Had A Security System For School Shootings. The Failure To Implement It Doesn’t Mean Democrats Are Right

Just because funds, resources, and training aren’t properly utilized doesn’t mean they don’t work when they are.

BY: EDDIE SCARRY
MAY 28, 2022

If more security and government programs for mental health are pointless in preventing violence, as Democrats and the media say they would be in thwarting another school shooting, let’s just end those things altogether. We can start by dismantling the Capitol Hill police force and stripping Biden’s administration officials of their armed security details, including Biden and his vice president.

The New York Times on Friday ran an article headlined, “School Safety Plans Fail. What Now?” It detailed how the school district that includes Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and 2 teachers were shot dead this week, was the beneficiary of almost $70,000 to beef up security measures expressly for the purpose of preventing such violence.

Despite the investment and the training and hiring of additional police officers, the Times noted, “none of the extensive preparations halted the rampage of an 18-year-old gunman.”

The paper then turned to a reliable “expert” to say that “while emotional supports have improved school climate broadly, those strategies — as well as the presence of campus police officers — have been insufficient to prevent suicidal, deeply troubled young men from carrying out attacks.” I.e., NOW WE HAVE TO BAN THE GUNS!

For a moment, the article would have readers under the impression that safety measures like mandating school doors be locked, hiring on-campus cops, and installing electronic card-activation systems to authorize visitors all seem to do barely anything in reducing the success a would-be gunman might have in shooting up a classroom of third-graders.

But then the Times confesses that it’s possible Robb Elementary wasn’t even properly instituting its own safety protocol. “There are some simple, inexpensive measures that are protective, according to those who have studied school shootings,” the report said. “One of them is keeping classroom doors locked, which was a district requirement in Uvalde. It is not clear whether that practice was being followed at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting. The shooting occurred after an awards ceremony, when relatives said they had come in and out of the building.”

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/28/uvalde-had-a-security-system-for-school-shootings-the-failure-to-implement-it-doesnt-mean-democrats-are-right/

[GtHawk]

Uvalde Had A Security System For School Shootings. The Failure To Implement It Doesn’t Mean Democrats Are Right

Just because funds, resources, and training aren’t properly utilized doesn’t mean they don’t work when they are.

BY: EDDIE SCARRY
MAY 28, 2022

If more security and government programs for mental health are pointless in preventing violence, as Democrats and the media say they would be in thwarting another school shooting, let’s just end those things altogether. We can start by dismantling the Capitol Hill police force and stripping Biden’s administration officials of their armed security details, including Biden and his vice president.

The New York Times on Friday ran an article headlined, “School Safety Plans Fail. What Now?” It detailed how the school district that includes Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and 2 teachers were shot dead this week, was the beneficiary of almost $70,000 to beef up security measures expressly for the purpose of preventing such violence.

Despite the investment and the training and hiring of additional police officers, the Times noted, “none of the extensive preparations halted the rampage of an 18-year-old gunman.”

The paper then turned to a reliable “expert” to say that “while emotional supports have improved school climate broadly, those strategies — as well as the presence of campus police officers — have been insufficient to prevent suicidal, deeply troubled young men from carrying out attacks.” I.e., NOW WE HAVE TO BAN THE GUNS!

For a moment, the article would have readers under the impression that safety measures like mandating school doors be locked, hiring on-campus cops, and installing electronic card-activation systems to authorize visitors all seem to do barely anything in reducing the success a would-be gunman might have in shooting up a classroom of third-graders.

But then the Times confesses that it’s possible Robb Elementary wasn’t even properly instituting its own safety protocol. “There are some simple, inexpensive measures that are protective, according to those who have studied school shootings,” the report said. “One of them is keeping classroom doors locked, which was a district requirement in Uvalde. It is not clear whether that practice was being followed at Robb Elementary on the day of the shooting. The shooting occurred after an awards ceremony, when relatives said they had come in and out of the building.”

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/28/uvalde-had-a-security-system-for-school-shootings-the-failure-to-implement-it-doesnt-mean-democrats-are-right/

Wow they seem to want make a point of the district having received almost 70K to beef up security, that's less than 9K per campus. It's good to know that protecting our children is such a high priority.

Despite the investment and the training and hiring of additional police officers, the Times noted, “none of the extensive preparations halted the rampage of an 18-year-old gunman.”

Exactly how intensive can the training be, how many police officers can be hired with less than 9K per school? And why isn't anyone asking about who unlocked the door the shooter gained access thru and why it was unlocked at that time?