Just days after metal detectors were added at Vero Beach High School, other campuses could also see a security upgrade.
The metal detectors were added to the high school Friday after a student was found with a handgun last Monday.
“Based on the events last week, there’s no reason to let them sit idle during the day so we have put them in place,” Indian River County Superintendent David Moore said. “At the end of the day, you don’t want to be the person who said I could’ve done more.”
Moore said right now part of the focus is figuring out staffing and how to get students into school as efficiently as possible with the detectors now in place.
WPTVThere’s also the work behind the scenes to expand the pilot program.
Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said Friday the metal detectors will be used randomly at the district’s high schools. He also said he has looked at the possibility of middle school and elementary school use.