West Ada approves plan for armed campus sentinels

Originally published on Jan. 30 on idahoednews.org.

West Ada trustees on Thursday unanimously OK’d a plan to have armed security guards on campus.

“Campus sentinels” will be specially hired and trained, plainclothes security guards who carry concealed handguns. The sentinels will join school resource officers as an armed security presence at the district’s schools. During emergencies, they’ll wear sashes to identify themselves as sentinels to law enforcement…

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