Just realized there's another thread on this, maybe could we merge with "Red Dirt Ruckus"?
I'm wondering how many full time school employees are already certified as Reserve Officers in the state? That would be a good place to start. Eveyone that works in these schols has to have a background check I'd venture. I see no reason to restrict it to teachers and principals. Beyond that, my comments in the thread about ideas on what to do apply.
It will be interesting to see how many administrators lobby against this idea.
At my school we had a janitor (now retired) that was a competive shooter and auxiliary LEO. I think such an employee would be ideal as responder to a shooter on campus for variety of reasons. I know of at least one current faculty member that is CLEET certified.
As for me, a veteran teacher, It was an Active Shooter drill several years ago that brought me here. After that drill I was so distressed at how helpless I felt that I decided to learn what I could. That led to me taking up shooting again, finding this forum, me and my wife obtaining ccl, getting some training like TDSA combat pistol, and learning as much as I can on my own.
I would gladly take whatever training necessary to meet the requirements to protect myself faculty and students. But, is CLEET necessary? I don't want to be part time Leo on campus. I want to know how to effectively handle an immediate threat on our campus. I doubt defensive driving or arrest processing procedures would be a valuable use of my time. Teaching keeps me pretty busy.
Sounds good to me. At least it's a practical solution instead of more gun control laws that don't work. But the school admins being mostly liberals will be
opposed to it I bet.
Why should CLEET be required? Since we already have a permit process, shouldn't that be enough and let the schools handle their own local policy?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/harrold-texas-school-guns_n_2316729.html
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