Thursday, January 24, 2013
New security enhancements at Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools include discussions about adding a full time police officer at Deerfield. Highland Park has had one since 2000.
(Update at 11:20 a.m.) The presence of an armed police officer at Deerfield High School is being considered but not yet a certainty, according to sources from Township High School District 113 and the Village of Deerfield. As reported on Patch in November, the Village and officials from the District have been talking about putting a community resource officer at Deerfield High School on a full time basis but nothing has been decided. Both Deerfield Assistant Village Manager Andrew Lichterman and District 113 Communications Director Natalie Kaplan said no final decision has been made. Deerfield would hire an officer who would be assigned to full time duty at the school, according to Lichterman. The cost would be shared by the Village and …
Friday, December 21, 2012
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA's Wayne LaPierre said.
In an amazing Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." "We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents," LaPierre said. "Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the American family, our …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering outlines what the city is doing to promote school safety in response to Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Friday's tragedy in Newtown, Conn. has left us all with broken hearts and worries almost too profound to say out loud. As a parent with four school-aged children, as a member of this community, as Mayor, my first thought was "What are we doing here to keep our kids safe?" And while tragedies such as Friday's are beyond the comprehension of any of us, the question still needs to be addressed. I just got off the phone with Police Chief Paul Shafer. We discussed his recommendations for the immediate and the long-term. I want to assure you that we are working now, as always, in partnership with our school districts to take care of our children. As you know, we currently have established safety procedures in place in our schools. In the …
RonnieTheLimoDriver
10:12 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
http://www.live5news.com/story/13805043/school-resource-officer-awarded-top-honors-after-school-shooting?clienttype=printable http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9025899 just two examples of many that prove you wrong. You can search online and see video of the second incident. more ›