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As background, the state commission was appointed by Governor Rick Scott. It operates under the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (i.e., not the Florida Department of Education). Appointees are:
  • LARRY ASHLEY, Okaloosa County sheriff
  • DESMOND BLACKBURN, Brevard Public Schools Superintendent
  • KEVIN LYSTAD, Miami Shores Police Chief
  • RYAN PETTY, father of Aliana Petty, who was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
  • MIKE CARROLL, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families
  • LAUREN BOOK, state senator
  • DOUGLAS DODD, Citrus County School Board member
  • JAMES HARPRING, Indian River County undersheriff
  • MELISSA LARKIN-SKINNER, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  • MARSHA POWERS, Martin County School Board member
  • MAX SCHACHTER, father of Alex Schachter, who was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
  • GRADY JUDD, Polk County sheriff
  • BOB GUALTIERI, Pinellas County sheriff
  • BRUCE BARTLETT, Chief Assistant State Attorney
  • CHRIS NELSON, City of Auburndale Chief of Police
  • Rick Swearingen, FDLE Commissioner (ex officio)
  • Pam Stewart, Florida Department of Education Commissioner (ex officio)
  • Justin Senior, Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ex officio)
  • Rebecca Kapusta, Interim Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families (ex officio)
  • Timothy Niermann, Interim Secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (ex officio)
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Overview Of Early Recommendations From State Commission Investigating Parkland Shooting

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The 16-chapter draft report includes overhauling how schools secure individual classrooms and campus grounds.

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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd criticized educators as a whole for not following The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act correctly, and accused them of fighting against the commission's investigation. The act was passed during the last legislative session and included some immediate school security changes, including mandating active-shooter training for all elementary, middle and high school students starting in August 2019....

 

"The ones that opposed us the most were the educators," Judd said....

 

The report also recommends how schools and law enforcement can get real-time access to surveillance camera systems.

 

During the November meeting, commissioners learned that surveillance video was delayed by 26 minutes. Confusion about the camera system hindered law enforcement and medical response.

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I think it's not surprising that the teachers are fighting the law that requires them to be prepared.

 

It's interesting that Parkland had video surveillance. I think that's the first I've seen it reported. Also, yeah, a 26-minute delay makes it pretty worthless. Does that mean there's video somewhere of Cruz walking through the school shooting his victims? I suppose the video might just be the outside doors, not the hallways, etc.

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Overview of the Draft Report

 

It's a pdf of ppt slides, not the whole 400-page report.

 

Any recommendation to arm teachers is actually a minor part of the report. The overview doesn't state it directly. The overview mentions "guardians," which are probably references to the Florida Guardian Program.

 

From Florida Program Arming and Training Civilians to Battle School Shooters

Instructors who’ve trained SWAT members are now teaching normal civilians how to guard schools in case of an active shooter. The so-called guardians will be armed on campuses.

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One of the masterminds behind the program, Sheriff Grady Judd, ... insists the civilian guardians will be well-trained - and more cost-effective than school resource officers. Potential guardians must complete background checks, psychological evaluations, and drug tests during the training process.... Over 500 people applied for the program, but only 150 people made it to the training portion, Judd told News 6.

 

"The guardian receives 25 percent more firearms training than a certified police officer in the state of Florida and has to qualify five points higher than a certified police officer," Judd told the outlet.

 

The guardians will "provide security to our campuses, conduct necessary drills, oversee crime prevention initiatives and programs with students, conduct surveillance and other security-related tasks," a Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokesman told News 6.

 

Participants of the program, which is helmed by instructors who train deputies and SWAT team members, are required to complete 144 hours of "intensive tactical training." ...

Presumably the guardians referenced in the MSD Commission draft report could be teachers.

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One SRO per campus is inadequate to ensure a timely and effective response to an active assailant situation and some campuses require additional armed personnel.

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The Florida Legislature should increase safe schools allocation for school resource officers and/or guardians, provide adequate recurring funding for the Guardian program and should consider increased funding for individuals who are hired solely to fill the role of Guardian; ...

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It should be obvious to everyone that putting "no guns" signs on schools is not working. That's the whole of my argument.

That is the complete argument. The only thing incomplete is a lot of incomplete brains out there.

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DeVos To Rescind Obama-Era Guidance On School Discipline

A federal commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recommends rescinding Obama-era guidance intended to reduce racial discrimination in school discipline. And, DeVos says, it urges schools to "seriously consider partnering with local law enforcement in the training and arming of school personnel."

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The full report is 180 pages and is quite broad. There's a lot of focus on making mental health and psychological counselors available to schools. There are, however, chapters on gun control

  • Without more comprehensive research, and because most school shooters obtain their weapons from family members or friends rather than by purchasing them, states seeking to prevent unlawful adolescent access to firearms should consider offering training or other resources to promote safe storage of firearms.
extreme risk orders of protection (with a [really good IMO] chart summarizing the 13 state laws implementing them),
  • States should adopt ERPO laws that incorporate an appropriate evidentiary standard to temporarily restrict firearms access by individuals found to be a danger to themselves or others.
and clearly defining roles and training (and possibly arming) for school resource officers, school safety officers, or other school personnel.
  • There are a wide variety of reasons for the decision not to have regular designated school security staff on site, ranging from funding to remoteness of locale. Ten states have sought to address this situation by allowing school staff to possess or have access to firearms at school. No state mandates arming school staff. Several hundred school districts provide school staff access to firearms, usually as part of a layered approach to school security.... All of these programs require a mandatory minimum level of training.
  • School districts may consider arming some specially selected and trained school personnel (including but not limited to SROs and SSOs) as a deterrent.
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