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Cooper: More school officers needed

Attorney General Roy Cooper says Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders should take heed of recommendations in a 2006 school safety report.

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Mark Binker
RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Roy Cooper has has written to Gov. Pat McCrory asking that Republicans follow up on the recommendations made by a 2006 school safety report.

Cooper said Wednesday that both McCrory and the legislature should follow up on the report, which suggested: 

  • More school resource officers in schools to provide security and guide students to safe behavior
 
  • Re-establish a statewide school tip line for parents and students to report threats anonymously
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  • More training for educators on how to recognize potential safety threats and respond to them
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  • Re-establish the Center for the Prevention of School Violence.
  • “We hope that a tragedy never happens at any of our schools, but we must take steps to prevent it and be ready in case it does,” Cooper said.

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