Time to Get Serious about Protecting Our Schools
By David Huntwork
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Many years ago, Israel faced waves of terror attacks against soft targets. The Israelis responded by seriously hardening their schools and other more vulnerable locations. Much of that added security was in the form of well armed and well trained personnel specifically designated to deter and defeat the type of threats we are now seeing directed at U.S. schools. What we do not see now is anyone successfully targeting or attacking Israeli schools. There are good reasons for that, and we should not be afraid to learn from the hard lessons of others.
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I remember that when the Israelis hardened their schools, they were reported to be using grandparents as “extra security”. I remember thinking at the time about how smart that was. Grandparents would willingly sacrifice themselves for their grandchildren. And, no one would be more vigilant about “school security” than they would be.
As this article suggest, let’s not put an added burden on police but have a real force who’s mission was singularly focused.
Bring sanity back to society.
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