Sen. Boxer has been a busy woman this session. She believes local police aren't doing enough to protect schools, so she introduced S. 145, a bill that would get the Dept. Of Defense involved in state school safety matters by deploying NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS to police stations and making them responsible for evaluating school safety:
Save Our Students Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide funds to states submitting specified plans for using National Guard personnel to: (1) perform administrative functions normally performed by state and local law enforcement personnel in order to enable such law enforcement personnel to be dispatched to keep schools and students safe from violence, (2) help conduct school security assessments and safety plans, and (3) conduct capital improvements related to enhancing school and student safety. S. 145 Summary, S. 145 Text
Yes, she is pushing for the military to take over school safety, INCLUDING LOCAL POLICE FUNCTIONS.
This bill is currently in committees, where, hopefully, it will die. We need to be contacting our legislators in Washington to insure that this happens; this bills cannot be allowed to leave the committee.
This bill is currently in committees, where, hopefully, it will die. We need to be contacting our legislators in Washington to insure that this happens; this bills cannot be allowed to leave the committee.
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