District 5 Commissioner Johnny Hatcher says up to 17 schools in Mobile County will have an armed deputy.
Hatcher says those schools were selected based on their low response time for emergencies. To preserve the integrity of the schools’ security, Hatcher says those schools will not be named.
“The deputies are there for the physical security of the school and protection of the children. They’re not going to be doing school resources or anything like that. They’re there for physical security.” said Sheriff Burch. “Over the last few years, I had deputies go for two hours when school let in, and two hours when school let out, so that way there was a physical presence at the school. That kind of morphed into us seeing the need.
“The deputies that are coming to our schools are highly trained professionals to do what we want them to do and that is to stop an active shooter and make sure they don’t leave that school on their own power,” added Hatcher. FOX10 News spoke to locals, and many say they’re in favor of the decision to add armed, uniformed deputies to the mix.
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