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Douglas County leaders pledge expanded school-safety partnerships after recent shootings
Summary
Douglas County commissioners discussed strengthening school security through more school resource officers, mental-health supports, co-responder teams and partnerships with the school district following recent local and national incidents.
Douglas County commissioners said Sept. 23 they will expand work with the school district and other partners to strengthen school security after recent shootings that have affected the community. Commissioners said the county already funds school resource officers and mental-health programs and is exploring additional measures, including new technology, more SROs and other tactics, in partnership with the district.
The county’s conversation centered on three pillars the commissioners said have guided past investments: mental-health services, school resource officers and physical security. Commissioners noted the county contributed about $13 million toward those efforts in the years after the STEM school shooting and said…
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