Second Schools Gun Incident Prompts Additional Police Presence
A 13-year-old boy is accused of bringing a gun into Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, and threatening his classmates and teacher.
Baltimore County schools will have additional police after a second incident involving a gun at a county school in just over two weeks. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said effective immediately, all Baltimore County public schools will receive an increased police presence. School resource officers will also be equipped with handheld metal detector scanners. The decision on whether schools need permanent metal detectors will be made after a "comprehensive analysis" by the school system, Kamenetz said. "We have to be proactive in our response to these incidents and we will," Kamenetz said. The announcement Tuesday afternoon came hours after a teacher disarmed a student who was later arrested for allegedly bringing a gun into Stemmers Run …
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Katie
9:43 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Kids don't need a reason to do something stupid. Read that a lot of times because it's true. You're not a parent obviously and, if you are, your kids are likely running around with a clueless parent like this kid. The entire world cannot be child proofed. Kids were fighting in schools, bringing knives, brass knuckles, guns - why, since before I was born and I am a dinosaur compared to you. … more ›