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In reply to the discussion: I don't get all the resistance to putting a cop in schools [View all]sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)but there are so many things wrong with your line of reasoning I don't know where to begin, but I'll try.
1.There is no physical way to keep a determined intruder out of any building.
2. An armed guard is more likely to be shot than to shoot.
3. You would not want to be an armed adult in the hall of a school building when the SWAT team entered.
4. Escape routes are more likely to make students sitting ducks than to protect them, especially if there are multiple intruders or if the intruder leaves the building.
5. The best security is locked doors, and bullet proof windows in classrooms, restrooms, gyms, libraries and cafeterias. Doors that cannot be forced and windows that cannot be penetrated.
6. Unfortunately, none of this protects you from the intruder who shoots his way into the building during a class change or spares those trapped in halls during a lock down.
7. It is only possible to reduce the number of casualties by quick response on the part of teachers, students and police, not to eliminate them.
8. The best way to cut the odds is to eliminate high capacity, automatic firearms and materials for the illegal manufacture of high explosives.