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Anderson County school security good, improving

Posted at 11:40 am February 8, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

During a joint workshop between the Anderson County Commission and the Anderson County School Board on Thursday, schools’ security director Joe Fogerty outlined security measures already in place across the system and discussed future plans for school security.

Fogerty told a large crowd in the Clinton Middle School auditorium that there are currently eight uniformed, armed school resource officers and a DARE officer patrolling the county’s two high schools, four middle schools and alternative school, and those officers are available to answer calls at the nearby elementary schools. Fogerty also said that there are currently 259 surveillance cameras in nine of the county schools and that similar cameras are being installed on school buses.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Education, Government, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County School Board, emergency response plans, Joe Fogerty, Newtown, photo identification, school resource officers, school security, school security task force, school shooting, surveillance cameras

Anderson County court clerk proposes new fee for school security

Posted at 9:23 am December 26, 2012
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Note: This story was updated at 7:33 p.m.

An Anderson County official has proposed a new fee that would be used to help provide more school security.

The new fee—a school security fee—would be added to the court costs paid by a defendant charged with a crime in Anderson County.

In a Wednesday morning press release, Anderson County Circuit Court Clerk Tyler Mayes said he’s already told Anderson County Commission Chairman Chuck Fritts and Law Director Jay Yeager that he intends to lobby local and state officials to add the new court cost fee. It would have to be approved by the Tennessee General Assembly in Nashville.

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Filed Under: Education, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Circuit Court Tyler Mayes, Anderson County Commission Chairman Chuck Fritts, court costs, fee, Law Director Jay Yeager, school security, Tyler Mayes

School security ramped up in Anderson County, Clinton

Posted at 10:43 pm December 20, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

In the wake of last week’s deadly school shootings in Connecticut, many people in the area have wondered what is being done to keep their children safe at school.

WYSH asked Clinton Police Chief Rick Scarbrough how often officers conduct walk-throughs at the city’s three elementary schools. Scarbrough said every school in the city, including the three county schools within the city limits, are visited by officers two to three times per day in unscheduled, random, drop-in visits.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said there are eight full-time school resource officers, or SROs, who rotate between the county’s 17 schools. That number includes SROs who are assigned to just one school, namely the two county high schools.

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Filed Under: Education, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Clinton Police Department, Connecticut, DARE, Mark Lucas, Rick Scarbrough, school resource officers, school security, school shootings, schools, SRO, walk-throughs, WYSH

Connecticut massacre focuses attention on school security in Tennessee

Posted at 11:00 pm December 18, 2012
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The school shootings in Newtown, Conn., on Friday have focused attention on school security in Tennessee, led to pledges to increase the police presence at some schools, and bolstered calls for more school resource officers across the state.

It has also revived an intense debate about gun control in the United States.

The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last week killed 20 children, six adults, the gunman, and his mother. On Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said it was prepared to “offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again” and would have a major news conference on Friday.

In Tennessee, a few legislators have proposed requiring school resource officers in all schools, training at least one staff member to use firearms, or allowing teachers to carry handguns into schools not patrolled by armed police officers. But it’s not yet clear how much support—or funding—those proposals will have.

In Oak Ridge, Board of Education Chair Keys Fillauer said education officials will continue to advocate for more school resource officers, or SROs. But local officials said adding SROs could depend upon funding.

In Anderson County, Mayor Terry Frank sent out information on Tuesday on the positive measures taken this week by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department after last week’s shooting, including four walk-throughs at Dutch Valley Elementary School on Monday.

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Filed Under: Education, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, firearms, Gera Summerford, handguns, James T. Akagi, Keys Fillauer, Newtown, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Schools, Sandy Hook Elementary School, school resource officers, school safety, school security, school shootings, SRO, TEA, Tennessee, Tennessee Education Association, Terry Frank

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