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Do you believe schools are safer if teachers are armed?

Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under a bill signed into law Monday by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine. The governor said his preference remains that school districts hire armed school resource officers, but said the law is another tool for districts that want to protect children. Read more here.

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The “school safety officers” do not do other police work like SROs do, but do use police radios for speedier emergency response, unlike private security guards
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