City, DCPS publicizes partnership with company specializing in safety doorways, glass

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Town of Jacksonville and Duval County college district on Wednesday announced a brand new plan to maintain youngsters safe within the classroom.

The college district hired a New York company named Armoured One, which makes a speciality of doorways and glass and claims it will possibly decelerate or forestall a shooter from getting right into a classroom.

These are essential elements after police in Texas decided the door accessed by the gunman at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde was closed however not locked. Originally, state police mentioned a trainer left the door propped open. Investigators concluded the trainer really closed the door, nevertheless it didn’t lock automatically prefer it was purported to. The gunman shot and killed 19 college students and two academics earlier than he was killed by law enforcement.

Armoured One, which was founded after the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing, is made up of former army and legislation enforcement brokers who examine mass taking pictures assaults and consult on faculty safety measures.

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“We'll first work collaboratively to identify where Armoured One resources can best praise the training already provided, adding their sources to the coaching tools and assets the district already makes use of,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said Wednesday afternoon at a news conference at Metropolis Corridor to announce the partnership.

Press the play button immediately beneath to look at the entire information conference.

The safety glass and film that Armoured One invented can face up to a number of hits -- whether that’s bullets, somebody ramming into the glass or utilizing different objects or weapons -- with out breaking, which might slow an attacker. The doorways it makes use of have steel framing, latch bolts and deadbolts.

Armoured One can be known for providing energetic shooter training and assessments. The corporate issues individual experiences for each building and recommends the best tools to use for every facility it’s working with.

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Curry stated he plans to search out the funding for that training but also work with the company to perform college safety assessments. Armoured One CEO Tom Czyz stated his staff knows what to search for when it assesses a faculty’s vulnerability.

“They’re ways to slow down an attacker and speed up police response,” Czyz stated. “How will we gradual him down -- and then pace up the response that will stop him.”

Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene and Duval County College Police Division Chief Greg Burton say safety and security are prime of mind day-after-day.

What I want to be common is that our families know that we're ready every day. And that’s what we work towards being a greater faculty district as it pertains to safety and safety,” Inexperienced stated.

Burton mentioned, “I would say the one word that summarizes every part that we do is vigilance.”

Greene mentioned that the district’s greatest defense is its college students and staff. She mentioned she continues to encourage the school neighborhood to report something they see that’s suspicious.

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So far as the cost, it’s unclear proper now, because the partnership remains to be being labored out.

Duval County voters permitted a half-cent sales tax in November 2020 with the particular function of replacing ageing faculties, repairing an enormous backlog of maintenance points, and bolstering school security.

Proper now, 74 tasks are within the design section and 15 are under development.

As of January 2022, the tax has generated greater than $118 million dollars, with greater than $5.7 million already spent or allotted to tasks under building.

Over its 15-year life, the gross sales tax is projected to generate $64.9 million for the specific goal of upgrading school security in DCPS schools.

Extra information about how that cash is planned to be spent in particular person colleges may be found on the varsity district’s half-cent gross sales tax information dashboard.

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The next record of security measures is printed on the school district’s website:

Each college has a security plan and emergency response group.

All college lecture rooms are locked when occupied by college students.

College plans are reviewed with employees each semester.

The district has a extremely trained school police division, giving all faculties direct access to highschool resource officers.

The district utilizes varied major security monitoring methods together with digicam surveillance and monitored controlled entry programs.

All faculties and district offices have a District Emergency Communications Network radio with direct entry to high school police and district management. College Police have direct entry to JSO.

All schools conduct regular evacuation drills (hearth drills).

All faculties conduct regular emergency and lockdown (“code crimson” and “code yellow”) drills.

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