hanshorse t1_jcyps7s wrote on March 20, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Reply to comment by Asterion7 in RPS leaders propose plan for metal detectors in middle schools by Charlesinrichmond

RPS has been doing this in the high schools and at some of their middle schools since the ‘90’s. Every year the metal detectors find weapons. It’s not foolproof, but it’s not a new system in the city, and there is decades of data and enforcement on the matter. More school shootings happen in suburban environments than city environments and it’s directly related to schools in urban areas having tighter campus security and metal detectors.

I did not feel like the detectors I walked through every day in high school were security theater or that it made school feel like a prison

Asterion7 t1_jcyqnxb wrote on March 20, 2023 at 4:13 PM

I am not discounting them entirely. I understand why they might be necessary.. although that makes me sad and I admit this could be a knee jerk reaction to that.

hanshorse t1_jcz44f4 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 5:39 PM

It’s terribly sad to think about

Impossible_Gas9905 t1_jd06fbp wrote on March 20, 2023 at 9:46 PM

i don't like it either, but it's a symptom of guns being totally out of control in our country. fix the gun problem and the metal detectors go away,

kernjb t1_jd16rly wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Went to high school at RPS in the time frame you mentioned and never walked through a metal detector. I think just a few of them had them.

hanshorse t1_jd2tfri wrote on March 21, 2023 at 1:08 PM

Not all the high schools have them, even now, especially magnet schools. On the flip-flip, if you went to Governors when it was at TJ, you walked through a metal detector every day.