An armed security officer who left their gun belt in an Arlington ISD school restroom has been fired. It happened at Jones Academy of Fine Arts.
An armed school security officer for Arlington Independent School District was fired after forgetting their gun belt in a school bathroom. The incident happened at Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language on Tuesday afternoon. Parents were notified about the incident in a letter.
In an email to parents, Arlington ISD stated, “The duty belt was found at 1:31 p.m. by a staff member and reported. No students entered the restroom during that span.”"It's Tier One policy, that should an incident arise, anything that we deem as a critical incident such as this, we immediately place the individual on suspension pending investigation," Grega said.
“The officer had been with us for less than a year, and they do not have a law enforcement or police or military background. Their background has been in the security industry,” Grega said. “We train for issues like this to not occur. We have higher standards than are required by the state. The state says you have to have 70% on all knowledge-based exams and 70% on your pistol qualifications. Our standards are 90% across the board.
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