Earlier this month, Public Safety Philip Banks delineated previously announced plans implementing door-locking mechanisms in more than 1,000 New York City public schools.
Earlier this month, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell joined brothers DOE Chancellor David Banks and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks to delineate previously announced plans implementing door-locking mechanisms in more than 1,000 New York City public schools.
The technology’s implementation stems from the uptick of school shootings nationwide, although it was announced before the March’s shooting in Nashville. Whatever plans the city has for school safety, Teamsters Local 237—which represents the agents—isn’t clued in. President Gregory Floyd told the“We have no comment at this time because no one from the Adams administration contacted us about hiring more school safety agents and their new duties of staffing locked school doors,” he said. “We really can’t weigh in on this issue, since its planning and implementation was never discussed with us.
The Newtown Public Schools enlisted Gentile as a public safety expert after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He recommends the city look at using the space between the front door and the lobby door, which he’s seen at a majority of local public schools, as a potential mantrap if the locks are installed on both ends. He said the mechanism can not only enclose a potential shooter, but also protect students fleeing into the school, a concern brought up during the panel.
Jackie Rowe-Adams of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. commended the city’s school safety efforts, but said more needs to be done.
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