Comments on: Safer school ideas

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:45:19 +0000

By: Phil Veerkamp

Phil Veerkamp — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:04:39 +0000

Evelyn, there you go again. “72-hour observation period with the police”, does not mean lock-up. You might go home with a cop. It might be like being a foreign exchange student. The cop might have a very pleasant home environment in which you would feel very welcome while the cop and family observe you. The cop may have a pool and spa. You seem very prickly, Evelyn.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:29:49 +0000

Dave in Kelsey: I had overlooked Ms Davidson’s suggested 3-day lockup! She asks: “Do you see any drawbacks to this?” Well ……………….. uhhh ……..

By: Dave in Kelsey

Dave in Kelsey — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:24:54 +0000

The 72 hours with police only violates 3 or 4 rights. But in Obama’s world of approving citizens to be held without a hearing indefinately and even targeted by our military, I guess it’s okay.

By: Paddy O'furniture

Paddy O'furniture — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:48:40 +0000

Crisped, sometimes you make sense, other times not. The epidemic of violence stems predominantly from our decline in morals. We tell our kids it’s not nice ti hurt others but we remove the strongest condemnations of doing so from our society while simultaneously failing to adequately prosecute violent offenders. It makes no sense, yet the results make perfect sense. Now, I’m off to conquer/kill something.

By: chrispytahoe

chrispytahoe — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:31:33 +0000

We have 2 kids enrolled at 2 different schools up here. We have taught them if they hear gunshots, find the nearest door and run like hell in a zig-zag pattern for the woods.

This epidemic of violence in America has several roots in my opinion. The mixing of cultures and races in our country. Over-medicated kids and adults. The lack of ethics (work and otherwise) due to the emergence of the nanny state. The widespread availability of guns (legal and otherwise). Our glorification of gun culture. And the fact that we are a young country with an identity that has always centered around conquering or killing something.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:19:32 +0000

YOU-CAN-NEVER-BE-TOO-CAREFUL: "Student with folding shovel prompts school lockdown" - HERE - Police weren't initially sure what type of weapon the suspect was carrying. After further investigation, police learned the shovel actually belonged to a teacher, who had asked an 8th grade student to grab it from their car. The teacher planned to use the it as part of a classroom discussion on WWII. ... They don't plan to charge the student with any crime.

By: francescaduchamp@att.net

francescaduchamp@att.net — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:06:42 +0000

I would agree with K-9 s. Improving our mental health care system–should be a given.

By: 1036-Frank

1036-Frank — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:05:11 +0000

Every school should cut one administration position and replace it with a security team preferably an armed one. Every public place and private business with large gatherings should have armed security as well. The shooting New Years Eve in Old Town Sac by known criminal gang members shows how brazen armed felons are, they don’t care about being in public armed shooting people and shooting it out with security in public. Once some level of security is obtained then the crackdown of armed felons and the armed mentally ill can proceed. In conjunction with the above start on securing the border and stopping the flow of criminal drug gangs and their dangerous associates into the country.

By: Paddy O'furniture

Paddy O'furniture — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:47:50 +0000

I like your idea about the K9 units in schools Madeline. K9′s are good cops and they’re less expensive for taxpayers; especially when they retire ;^). The idea of “armed guards in schools” has been floated and blown off by anti-gunners as pointless or too expensive. Yet, you can easily have local cops stay right near or at the schools during business hours. They do this in South Sac all the time with good results….?