Department of Justice Awards $85 Million In Grants For School Safety

By Tom Knighton

Absent armed teachers–something that far too many school districts are unwilling to do–the single most important thing we can do to prevent mass shootings in schools is to harden those schools. It’s important that they become impregnable fortresses against those who would harm our children.

Of course, this is controversial too. Some say it’s not right that our schools will end up looking or feeling like prisons.

Well, the Justice Department isn’t listening to those folks.

The Department of Justice on Monday announced it has awarded over $85 million in grants to schools across the country for the purpose of addressing gun violence.

The funds, awarded to 215 jurisdictions under the banner of the 2018 STOP School Violence Act, were designated for targeted programs that help develop threat assessment teams, school safety infrastructure, coordination with law enforcement and mental health training, among other initiatives.

Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, a non-profit which helps schools devise security protocols, thought the areas of focus emphasized by the Justice Department were wholly appropriate for improving campus safety.

“Those topical areas as described are excellent, especially the mention of student threat assessment and management,” Dorn told Newsweek. “Those areas are typically some of our …Read the Rest

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