'This is just becoming an epidemic' - A private security expert spoke to FOX 13 News about what he thinks needs to change in schools to keep students safe after fake active shooter calls shook more than a dozen Utah schools on Wednesday. ChrisArnoldTV
State and federal agencies believe one person is behind the fake active shooter calls that sent Utah schools into lockdown on Wednesday.
"All of our staff followed our procedure to ensure that the students were safe and cooperated directly with the police department and looked to their guidance, which was tremendous in this incident," said Luke Rasmussen, Ogden City School District Superintendent. "It's a visible deterrent, but if you're going to do that, make sure you keep your officer actively moving," said Evans."If you somebody who knows what they're doing and knows how to engage, it's going to reduce the time by a critical amount."
"The individual called, they were in Idaho, we do have an office in Idaho, they were with a private school, and they just asked if, you know, we could provide security for the school," said Evans.He says a ballpark figure to hire one security officer for a school would be about $3,200 a week.
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