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New Office of School Safety and Security outlines staffing, tabletop drills and possible weapon‑screening pilots
Summary
Director Ralph Bradley gave a comprehensive overview of the district’s safety office, describing staffing, tabletop exercises, ALICE training, partnerships with ACPD and plans to evaluate weapons‑screening devices, visitor management and additional vape detection in secondary schools.
Ralph Bradley, director of the Office of School Safety and Security, delivered a districtwide overview to the school board on Jan. 9 describing staffing, recent practices and planned initiatives for school safety.
Bradley said his office — created in October 2023 — now has two safety and security coordinators and that the district reassigned and reclassified certain school‑based positions as school security officers to meet Virginia Department of Criminal Justice and VDOE expectations. The district also has school safety coaches at secondary schools and receives SRO (school resource officer) support from the…
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