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Sheriff proposes biometric weapon safes, training and camera changes for secondary schools
Summary
Sheriff Klein asked the Warren County School Board to support installing biometric safes in secondary schools to store rifles and breaching tools, with cameras repositioned and policy/MOU updates; the board discussed implementation, training and community concerns but took no formal vote.
Sheriff Garland Klein proposed installing biometric safes in Warren County secondary schools to store rifles, breaching tools and “mini shields,” and asked the school board to support policy and memorandum-of-understanding changes to put the equipment in place before the next school year.
Klein told the board the proposal grew from an internal request and is intended to “be proactive rather than reactive” during a critical incident. He said the safes would be fingerprint-controlled and located in SRO offices, and that each safe would hold a rifle (unloaded in the safe), breaching tools and a compact shield. Klein said deputies would carry loaded magazines separately in a “go bag” so a rifle…
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