When a person thanks of school they usually think of it as a place to learn and a place where kids can be safe. However, recently in today’s society school has become less of a safe haven for students and more of a place people avoid because they never know when something such as a school shooting will occur. Often times the question comes up as “How can schools be safer?” or “What steps can be taken to instill more security?”. In order to make schools in general safer we must take some major steps. Steps we should take would be to heighten the amount of security officers, partake in more drills in case an incident would happen and also train teachers/professors and staff members in what to do in case something does happen. School systems should also install more security equipment such as more cameras, buzz in methods for offices and the school buildings and check in and check out methods. The problem in today’s society is that schools are not as strict as they should be. Which means the students are often not afraid of getting in trouble. …show more content…
There are thousands of military veterans that return from combat every year that are looking for jobs. Since these veterans are skillfully trained in protecting people they can use that knowledge to protect schools from trespassers or those who want to harm school students in a school shooting. We can also use the veterans to instill force. However, a lot of times soldiers who come back from war suffers from mental illnesses such as P.T.S.D. We can give these veterans training and therapy to ensure that they are both mentally and emotionally fit for the