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I agree 100% with reduce and cut the fat out then work on further prospects and adherence. Also thank you for the input from a parents perspective and being on ground doing the diligence.
Always wondered why they considered over night security to be more plausible than during peak activity during the M-F 9 to 5 daily routine. I get vandalism needs to be kept minimal but it seems like a gross oversight compared to the meat and potatoes of a future generation. $18 an hour is specifically what i've seen offered for the over night roaming guards tho I do not know if it specifies if they are armed. Generally assume just a basic rent-a-cop cruiser walking a beat.
As for volunteer, I have a great article to support that claim and doubly agree it would also help with Veteran turn around transitions with applicable jobs coming back into the market from ETS. After Sandy Hook, Marine Father Stands Guard At Nashville Elementary School [Video] VERY RELATED.
I know I have brought this up before but I haven't really seen any clear answer or sourced material about local state public schools having a similar function to the Clery Act (which is primarily only for higher education such as universities and college) and it seems like something that would be a BIG benefit to the local communities.
At $18 / hr they are almost assuredly armed. Unarmed security seems to start at or near minimum wage, with a few exceptions I have seen. When I did contract security work, I got armed certified ASAP because armed jobs paid upto double unarmed jobs. Roving patrol/alarm response is almost always armed work due to the increased risk. And honestly, unarmed uniformed security is beyond retarded. Lets put someone in a police like uniform (painting them as a target) put them in a bad situation, but not give them any safety equipment. I had gigs where a flashlight and a phone were all I was allowed to carry. I kept a Glock in the glovebox of my car, or occasionally I borrowed the old man's .38 and carried it in my pocket.
Unarmed security should be plain clothes access control /alarm monitoring / non- interventionist, call for armed backup type work. Maybe I am a bit jaded, but Schitheads don't respect or fear a guy in a uniform without a gun. They will attack though.
I think armed school staff should be in low key uniforms - polo or button down dressy shirt, slacks or cargo pants. Not a cop like uniform, but probably wear a duty belt to carry their firearm in a level 3 security holster, less lethal tools (OC is pretty much enough for the job - not beating kids with a baton or zapping with a taser) IFAK/tq, and spare mags. It gives a less authoritarian look, while maintaining capability. Can't scare the kiddies, right