Today on What Next: Armed school resource officers are the norm across America. What do they actually do?
It’s been one year since the Uvalde school shooting – and while Texas hasn’t passed any gun control legislation, itpassed a measure aimed at “hardening schools.” Last week, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB-3 into law, requiring every public school to have an armed officer on campus. The legislation comes even as a former sheriff’s deputy is on trial in Florida for failing to protect students when a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
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