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Sen. Jim Tedisco is backing a bill that would fund armed resource officers with a special license plate.
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Republicans countered with calls to strengthen school safety through funding for armed resource officers, a move opposed by Democrats in the Assembly.
Some statewide sheriffs, like Onondaga County Sheriff Gene Conway, already provide armed school resource officers to various school districts, with the service paid for by the local district.
School resource officers (SROs) provide an armed police presence while building relationships with the school community.
The sophomore lawmaker also broke with the president on arming teachers — «I don't support the mandatory arming of teachers,» she said — but left the door open to supporting armed resource officers at North Country public schools.
Arm your teachers, school leaders, and school resource officers with the only solution that helps you stay one step ahead of escalating issues while intervening at the right place and right time to get even the most at - risk students back on track.
Among other things, Scott wants to provide millions of dollars in funding to «harden» schools with a variety of security measures like requiring at least one armed school resource officer for every 1,000 students; institute measures to keep weapons out of the hands of the violent or mentally ill; ban bump stocks and expand mental health services statewide.
When Coral Springs police officers arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland during the shooting, many officers were surprised to find that Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed school resource officer, along with three other sheriff's deputies, had not entered the building, sources tell CNN.
According to the Superintendent, BSO will be arming school resource officers with automatic rifles on school grounds on a short - term precautionary measure to defend against any copycat attacks.
Rather than arming teachers, she said she would rather see money spent to reinforce school buildings with bulletproof windows and doors, to free up guidance counselors from testing duties and to hire more trained and armed school resource officers to guard campuses.
The armed school resource officer assigned to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took a defensive position outside the school and did not enter the building while the shooter was killing students and teachers inside with an AR - 15 assault - style rifle, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday.