Cops: Steps to Reassure the Students, Parents and Staff
The Northborough Police Department provided an update on steps taken in response to the Newtown shooting tragedy.
Northborough police posted this statement on its Facebook page Monday. Given the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, CT, last Friday, this is an update on steps that we are taking to reassure our students, parents and staff in Northborough schools. A uniformed Northborough Police Officer with a marked police cruiser was assigned to each of our schools at dismissal time last Friday. The intention was to calm fears and remind our parents that all was well here. This presence was very well received by all concerned. Superintendent Gobron and I believed that a weekend of intense media coverage would yield a significant number of nervous or uneasy students, parents and staff come Monday morning. With Dr. Gobron's concurrence, a uniformed …
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3:33 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Contact your local hospitals for information about weapons on campus and the number of assaults by patients and doctors. Note that the taxpayer funded UMass Medical Center has a history of poor performance on public safety issues. In 1994, 370 weapons were confiscated over the course of a year. Despite loaded guns being found in patients rooms, and a completed shooting in the mental health area, … more ›