New tools, training prepares Nash SROs for school year
WAKE COUNTY STUDENTS HAVE 13
DAYS LEFT OF SUMMER TOMORROW.
NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS RETURN TO THE
CLASSROOM THIS YEAR. THEY'RE
IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNIQUES
TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE. AND ONE
WAY IS USING THESE BALLISTIC
SHIELDS. WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK
SHOWS US WHY THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS THE SHIELDS A PART
OF THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL SAFETY
A MOMENT CAN COME STRAIGHT HERE
AND IT'S GOING TO RICOCHET OFF
IN NASH COUNTY SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS ARE PLANNING FOR THE
WORST-CASE SCENARIO. I DON'T
SEE MYSELF GOING INTO A HALLWAY
KNOW THAT THERE'S A SHOOTER IN
THE BUILDING WITHOUT THIS
BALLISTIC SHIELDS ARE JUST THE
LATEST TOOL ROLLED OUT BY THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR ALTON SR
ROSE. THEY PROVIDE TO THE
COUNTY TO TAKE THE BINS ARE
PRESERVED FOR SWAT TEAM
MEMBERS.
>> BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THOSE
IMPLEMENTED INSIDE THE SCHOOLS.
>> SERGEANT BISSETTE SAYS
THEY'LL MAKE FOR A MORE
EFFICIENT RESPONSE AND
THEREFORE KEEP STUDENTS SAFER.
NOW, NASH COUNTY, I'M TOLD THAT
THE SHIELDS ARE BEING USED VERY
MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE.
IN FACT, WE REACHED OUT TO A
NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
OUR AREA. ALL OF THEM TELLING
ME THEY HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED
THESE IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
WE CHECKED IN WITH OTHER
SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA ASKING HOW
THEIR BULKING UP SECURITY THIS
YEAR. HOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
INCORPORATING A WEAPONS
DETECTION SYSTEM AT SELECTED
SCHOOLS.
>> GRANVILLE COUNTY WILL NOW
HAVE A DEDICATED SRO POSITION
FOR EACH CAMPUS AND EDGED GOING
COUNTY. THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR
CAMERAS TO USE AI TO IN NASH
COUNTY. THE SHIELDS ARE JUST
THE LATEST AS OUR ROADS ARE
ALSO GOING THROUGH SEVERAL NEW
TRAININGS, INCLUDING ONE TODAY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SBI IS
NOT A MATTER. IF IT'S A MATTER
WHEN EVENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR.
>> AND BUY PER PREVENTING AS
MUCH WHAT WE CAN AND PREPARING
OUR DUTIES AS A MATTER OF THE
RIGHT PEOPLE, THE RIGHT
POSITION WITH THE RIGHT
TRAINING HEIDECKER WRAL NEWS,
THE NASH COUNTY.
>> LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER TRAINING US AROSE IN