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Citrus County board approves safety inspection report as district rolls out handheld detection wands
Summary
The Citrus County School Board approved its quarterly safety and security inspection report after a detailed briefing from Chief Montgomery, who described multiagency training and the districtwide rollout of handheld metal‑detection wands that will be used only on reasonable suspicion or threat assessments.
The Citrus County School Board on Aug. 12 approved its quarterly safety and security school visits inspection report after a presentation on recent multiagency training and a planned district rollout of handheld metal‑detection wands.
Chief Montgomery told the board the training, hosted at Rock Crusher Elementary, included school resource officers, guardians and administrators and improved coordination with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. "Their response time was, I mean, in less than 2 minutes, a lot of the cases," Montgomery said, describing the exercise as a useful test of response procedures and equipment.
Montgomery said the…
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