Tipton County officials weigh piloting weapon-detection scanners at high schools

Tipton County School Board members discussed piloting mobile weapon-detection body scanners at the county's high schools and directed staff to return with cost estimates, grant possibilities and vendor information at the May meeting.

Board discussion focused on whether to pilot the mobile units at high schools first, how the units would affect arrival flows, and how the district might pay for the equipment. A district presenter summarized observations from a visit to Dyersburg High School, which has used the scanners, and said students there "walk through it like they're like, they just walk in that door" and that several students told him they "feel more comfortable in this building because that thing's here." (speaker identified in the transcript as Speaker 1, district official.)

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