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

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city of Jacksonville and Duval County college district on Wednesday announced a brand new plan to keep kids protected within the classroom.

The varsity district hired a New York company named Armoured One, which focuses on doorways and glass and claims it can decelerate or prevent a shooter from getting right into a classroom.

Those are essential elements after police in Texas determined the door accessed by the gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was closed but not locked. Initially, state police stated a instructor left the door propped open. Investigators concluded the trainer really closed the door, nevertheless it didn’t lock robotically like it was alleged to. The gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers earlier than he was killed by regulation enforcement.

Armoured One, which was founded after the Sandy Hook Elementary Faculty capturing, is made up of former navy and legislation enforcement agents who study mass capturing assaults and consult on college security measures.

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“We'll first work collaboratively to determine the place Armoured One resources can finest praise the coaching already provided, including their assets to the coaching tools and resources the district already uses,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry stated Wednesday afternoon at a news convention at Metropolis Hall to announce the partnership.

Press the play button straight under to look at your complete information convention.

The safety glass and movie that Armoured One invented can withstand several hits -- whether that’s bullets, someone ramming into the glass or utilizing other objects or weapons -- with out breaking, which might gradual an attacker. The doors it uses have metallic framing, latch bolts and deadbolts.

Armoured One can also be recognized for offering lively shooter training and assessments. The company points individual studies for every constructing and recommends the best equipment to make use of for each facility it’s working with.

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Curry said he plans to find the funding for that coaching but also work with the corporate to carry out college safety assessments. Armoured One CEO Tom Czyz mentioned his group knows what to look for when it assesses a faculty’s vulnerability.

“They’re methods to decelerate an attacker and pace up police response,” Czyz said. “How can we slow him down -- after which speed up the response that may cease him.”

Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene and Duval County Faculty Police Department Chief Greg Burton say security and safety are prime of mind on daily basis.

What I need to be common is that our households know that we are ready every day. And that’s what we work in the direction of being a greater school district as it pertains to safety and safety,” Inexperienced said.

Burton said, “I might say the one phrase that summarizes every part that we do is vigilance.”

Greene mentioned that the district’s finest protection is its college students and employees. She stated she continues to encourage the school community to report anything they see that’s suspicious.

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So far as the price, it’s unclear right now, as the partnership is still being worked out.

Duval County voters permitted a half-cent gross sales tax in November 2020 with the particular function of replacing getting older colleges, repairing a massive backlog of maintenance points, and bolstering college safety.

Proper now, 74 tasks are in the design part and 15 are underneath construction.

As of January 2022, the tax has generated more than $118 million dollars, with more than $5.7 million already spent or allotted to tasks beneath construction.

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

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

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The following list of safety measures is published on the school district’s web site:

Each college has a security plan and emergency response group.

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

College plans are reviewed with workers every semester.

The district has a highly trained faculty police division, giving all schools direct access to high school resource officers.

The district utilizes numerous major safety monitoring methods together with digicam surveillance and monitored managed access methods.

All faculties and district workplaces have a District Emergency Communications Community radio with direct entry to highschool police and district leadership. College Police have direct entry to JSO.

All schools conduct common evacuation drills (fire drills).

All faculties conduct common emergency and lockdown (“code purple” and “code yellow”) drills.

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