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Waxahachie ISD details expanded campus security, armed marshals and large-scale drills
Summary
At a spring town hall, acting Superintendent David Abert and Waxahachie Police Chief Joe Weiser described the district’s school resource officer and school marshal programs, new training and equipment that allow visible carry by marshals, anonymous tip reporting and multi-agency drills and audits.
Waxahachie — At a spring town hall meeting, acting Superintendent David Abert and Waxahachie Police Chief Joe Weiser outlined the district’s current safety measures, saying Waxahachie Independent School District maintains sworn school resource officers at secondary campuses, a 27-person school marshal program that can openly carry under a recent attorney general opinion, and recurring large-scale drills involving law enforcement, fire and EMS.
The officials said those measures are backed by regular training, technology-sharing with the city and an anonymous tip system. “We feel like our, our forces have grown exponentially with having those marshals out there,” Chief Joe Weiser said, describing the change after the attorney general opinion that allowed school marshals to carry openly. The district said marshals and law-enforcement partners completed intensive training to adapt to new equipment and outward carry.
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