WASHINGTON—Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns. Last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school put renewed focus on the role of armed school security guards, after a video showed that a sheriff’s deputy at the school approached but did not enter the building where the attack was taking place. “There has been an increase in security staff in school over the last 10 years and it’s more pronounced at the primary school level,” said Lauren Musu-Gillette, lead author of the report. “There needs to be at least one in every school in the country,” said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers. The school security study released Thursday includes school resource officers, other sworn law enforcement and additional security staff.

Source: thestar March 29, 2018 16:23 UTC