General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Guns in the Classroom.... let's think about this for a minute.... [View all]Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)"Nationwide, at least 23,000 schools about one-third of all public schools already had armed security on staff as of the most recent data, for the 2009-10 school year, and a number of states and districts that do not use them have begun discussing the idea in recent days. " 6th paragraph here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/nra-calls-for-armed-guards-at-schools.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Course most, if not all, are in the high schools. And yes I am aware that Columbine had an armed police officer assigned to the school, he was off site when the Columbine shooting occurred
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/DEPUTIES_TEXT.htm
I will also note that the Newtown, CT police department has 1 Youth Services officer and 2 School Resources officers, which I presume are assigned to the high school:
http://www.newtown-ct.gov/Public_Documents/NewtownCT_Police/Roster%20Folder/roster2
I have read that from the time the first shot was fired until the first police officer responded was 20 minutes. I am not sure where in that timeframe the first 911 call was placed.