RIDGEFIELD, Wash. — A Washington school district is implementing a new security plan that includes adding armed guards.
In response to the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Ridgefield School District in Southwest Washington has hired a private security company to patrol four schools and protect 2,200 students in the district.
According to KPTV in Portland, at least two armed guards from Phoenix Protective Corp. will work on campus during school hours.
Eric Jacobson, the communications officer for the Ridgefield School District, says the guards will have an immediate impact.
“They will patrol each one of the campuses and provide assistance to administrators to our schools so in an event a principal wants to search lockers, the security guards can help the principal search those lockers,” Jacobson said.
8 Comments to “School district in state adding armed security guards”
January 18, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Smartest thing I've read since the latest shooting occurred.
January 18, 2013 at 8:57 PM
and thus humanity goes downward another notch
January 18, 2013 at 9:13 PM
I am all for this!
January 19, 2013 at 10:54 PM
men from armed corperations just doesnt sound good and helping with searches not so sure about. Sounds like a good idea the armed gaurd thing but not policing students, not good. Remember when you were in school? I do, same shit different day.