EMMET COUNTY SHERIFF BACKS PROPOSAL TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN MICHIGAN SCHOOLS.
Emmet County Sheriff Pete Wallin today is urging area lawmakers to support a school safety plan recently introduced by a broad coalition of Michigan’s top law enforcement and education groups, designed to prevent violence in the classrooms.
“The safety of our students and schools needs to be a top priority with all the recent school shootings. We need to be proactive to prevent violence in the classroom. It’s time for a change.” Said Sheriff Pete Wallin
The Michigan School Safety Reform Plan is a noncontroversial, common sense approach to school safety that has united republicans and Democrats, school leaders and law enforcement. The plan call for a new $100 million grant program for personnel, a $20 million grant program for safety infrastructure, and other reforms, including:
- More school resource officer – sheriffs and police – working in school facilities through a new state grant program.
- More school mental health professionals to identify problems early through the same new state grant program.
- Grants to ensure sager buildings for students and teachers
- Mandatory reporting of threats and graduated penalties to help prevent violence.
Michigan schools have experienced 41 threats of violence jus since the February murders of 17 students in Parkland, Florida – the 5th highest threat total in the United States.
The Michigan School Safety Reform Plan is backed by:
- Michigan Sheriff’s Association
- Michigan Association of School Administrators
- Michigan Association of School Boards
- Michigan Association of School Psychologists
- Michigan Association of School Social Workers
- Michigan School Counselors Association
- Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police
- Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan
