WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:04:10" NOTE recognizability:0.841 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.75998816 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.788 Parents across our area send their NOTE Confidence: 0.75998816 00:00:01.788 --> 00:00:03.278 children back to class, keeping NOTE Confidence: 0.75998816 00:00:03.278 --> 00:00:05.662 them safe in schools is top of mind NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:07.938 and there is a continuing debate among NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:07.938 --> 00:00:09.860 school leaders in our area about NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:09.860 --> 00:00:11.708 whether metal detectors should be a NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:11.708 --> 00:00:13.305 part of a student's day-to-day life. NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:13.305 --> 00:00:14.980 Chief investigative reporter Eric Flack NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:16.727 spoke with two school districts on NOTE Confidence: 0.871849485909091 00:00:16.727 --> 00:00:18.269 very different sides of this issue. NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:20.850 --> 00:00:22.234 In Frederick County, Maryland, NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:22.234 --> 00:00:24.310 the district builds a new school NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:24.374 --> 00:00:26.530 almost every year to keep up with NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:26.530 --> 00:00:28.076 its growing population and always NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:28.076 --> 00:00:29.768 with an eye on student safety. NOTE Confidence: 0.873705056428571 00:00:29.770 --> 00:00:30.738 But here the focus NOTE Confidence: 0.91453843125 00:00:30.750 --> 00:00:32.682 is on the latest in safe school NOTE Confidence: 0.91453843125 00:00:32.682 --> 00:00:36.050 design, like open entryways. NOTE Confidence: 0.91453843125 00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:39.100 And a layered security approach key NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:39.110 --> 00:00:40.710 card only access throughout NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:40.710 --> 00:00:41.910 the building classrooms. NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:41.910 --> 00:00:44.514 Set back from the entrance and classroom NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:44.514 --> 00:00:46.728 doors that locked from the inside. NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:46.730 --> 00:00:48.122 Unlike those rob elementary NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:48.122 --> 00:00:49.166 classrooms in Uvalde, NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:49.170 --> 00:00:51.655 TX where 19 young children and two NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:51.655 --> 00:00:53.977 teachers were gunned down after the NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:53.977 --> 00:00:56.347 shooter gained entry to their classroom. NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:56.350 --> 00:00:58.366 But in an age of school shootings, NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:00:58.370 --> 00:01:00.470 there's one more safety option. NOTE Confidence: 0.896832651428571 00:01:00.470 --> 00:01:02.885 Some Frederick County parents are asking for. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:05.427 That's probably our biggest request is what? NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:05.430 --> 00:01:06.698 What about? Metal detectors. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:06.698 --> 00:01:09.129 It is a very time consuming and costly NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:09.129 --> 00:01:11.605 thing to do and then in no way want to NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:11.605 --> 00:01:13.829 certainly make sure say this that we are. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:13.830 --> 00:01:15.666 We saying that FCPS the students NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:15.666 --> 00:01:17.669 and the staff are not worth NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:17.669 --> 00:01:19.097 spending their money but. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:19.100 --> 00:01:22.100 To guarantee those metal detectors NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:22.100 --> 00:01:23.900 are working appropriately. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:23.900 --> 00:01:27.099 And accurately all the time is a NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.460 full time job for a staff member. NOTE Confidence: 0.615261252857143 00:01:30.460 --> 00:01:31.090 School leaders NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:31.100 --> 00:01:33.470 told us, in addition to operational NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:33.470 --> 00:01:35.809 concerns like getting 1000 to 1200 NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:35.809 --> 00:01:37.539 students in every high school, NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:38.524 through metal detectors NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:38.524 --> 00:01:40.492 in time to get to class, NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.056 they say there's also no guarantee NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:43.056 --> 00:01:44.760 metal detectors would actually NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:44.827 --> 00:01:46.399 stop a shooting rampage. NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:47.972 But on Maryland's Eastern Shore, NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:47.972 --> 00:01:49.687 a different take on the NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:49.687 --> 00:01:51.039 metal detector debate, NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:53.395 where last year Dorchester County NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:53.395 --> 00:01:55.253 public Schools spent $1,000,000 NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:55.253 --> 00:01:57.468 putting the technology in all NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:57.468 --> 00:01:59.240 of its secondary schools. NOTE Confidence: 0.922843315294117 00:01:59.240 --> 00:01:59.909 Is it going NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:01.600 too far? No, I don't think so. NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:02.578 I don't think so at all. NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:02.580 --> 00:02:03.660 I think our teachers, well, NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:03.660 --> 00:02:04.776 I know our teachers and our NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:04.776 --> 00:02:05.777 students all feel more comfortable NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:05.777 --> 00:02:07.091 knowing that we have this piece NOTE Confidence: 0.762041213714286 00:02:07.091 --> 00:02:08.350 of equipment on our front door. NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.040 This is not called a metal detector. NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:10.040 --> 00:02:11.580 It's called a weapons detector NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:13.120 because your keys and cell NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:13.176 --> 00:02:14.416 phone won't set it off. NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:14.420 --> 00:02:17.325 But if this threat box pops up. NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:17.330 --> 00:02:18.935 You go through a secondary NOTE Confidence: 0.86655687 00:02:18.935 --> 00:02:20.219 search on your back. NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:20.750 --> 00:02:23.360 In this case, the system hit on a simulated NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:25.688 gun used by the school for training. NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:25.690 --> 00:02:27.694 In fact, the weapons detector flagged NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:27.694 --> 00:02:29.657 this butterfly knife with a four NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:29.657 --> 00:02:31.367 inch blade in the students backpack. NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:31.370 --> 00:02:33.398 The first week N Dorchester High NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:33.398 --> 00:02:35.291 School started using the technology NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:35.291 --> 00:02:37.666 principal Dave Stofa says operational NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:37.666 --> 00:02:39.566 concerns about getting students NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:39.628 --> 00:02:41.908 through the weapons detector and into NOTE Confidence: 0.87937959375 00:02:41.908 --> 00:02:44.220 school swiftly have proven unfounded. NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:44.290 --> 00:02:45.649 It's not going to hit on a belt buckle. NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:45.650 --> 00:02:47.330 It's not going to hit on a wristband. NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:47.330 --> 00:02:48.578 World Watch or something like that. NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:48.580 --> 00:02:50.393 This is for somebody to detect somebody NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:50.393 --> 00:02:51.821 who was bringing something in here NOTE Confidence: 0.831113892222222 00:02:51.821 --> 00:02:53.590 to kill and hurt a lot of people. NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:55.580 In the future, this will be NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:56.900 part of employee recruitment. NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:02:56.900 --> 00:02:59.084 In the future, there may be parents NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:02:59.084 --> 00:03:01.677 that want to send their send their NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:03:01.677 --> 00:03:04.059 children to the safest school possible, NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:06.643 and they may be looking at what NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:03:06.643 --> 00:03:07.750 technology school districts NOTE Confidence: 0.94100592 00:03:07.815 --> 00:03:09.630 deploy to keep students safe. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:11.768 W USA 9 couldn't find any other NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:11.768 --> 00:03:13.454 schools in Maryland or Virginia NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:13.454 --> 00:03:15.239 that have embraced the widespread NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:15.239 --> 00:03:17.449 use of weapons detection systems. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:17.450 --> 00:03:19.613 DC public schools are the only local NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:19.613 --> 00:03:21.937 school system we could find that use NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:21.937 --> 00:03:23.602 metal detectors and X-ray machines NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:23.602 --> 00:03:25.629 in its middle and high schools. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:25.630 --> 00:03:27.365 Loudoun and Fairfax County school NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:27.365 --> 00:03:29.581 districts told us they only used NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:29.581 --> 00:03:31.273 handheld metal detectors during NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:31.273 --> 00:03:32.965 individual or locker searches. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:32.970 --> 00:03:34.727 Based on a report or a tip, NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:34.730 --> 00:03:36.190 a student may be armed. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:36.190 --> 00:03:38.572 It's the same policy the Frederick NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:38.572 --> 00:03:40.160 County Maryland Public School NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:40.225 --> 00:03:42.307 system follows with no plans to NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:42.307 --> 00:03:44.631 invest in entryway metal or weapons NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:44.631 --> 00:03:46.367 detection systems anytime soon. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:46.370 --> 00:03:47.417 Would metal detectors. NOTE Confidence: 0.873687842727273 00:03:47.417 --> 00:03:49.860 Make your students and staff more safe. NOTE Confidence: 0.9301430075 00:03:50.550 --> 00:03:51.410 I don't think anybody NOTE Confidence: 0.9301430075 00:03:51.410 --> 00:03:52.270 can answer that question. NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:03:54.730 --> 00:03:56.368 And that was our Eric Flack reporting. NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:03:56.370 --> 00:03:58.729 And if you go to the WS9 app or NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:03:58.729 --> 00:04:00.638 website right now, you can weigh in NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:00.638 --> 00:04:02.180 on the debate over metal detectors. NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:03.996 We have a W USA 9 back to NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:03.996 --> 00:04:05.670 class school safety survey in NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:05.670 --> 00:04:07.210 addition to metal detectors, NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:07.210 --> 00:04:08.656 you can have your voice heard NOTE Confidence: 0.785337972857143 00:04:08.656 --> 00:04:10.000 on other school safety issues.