Cooper: More school officers needed

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
   
• More training for educators on how to recognize potential safety threats and respond to them
   
• 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.