Following the Texas elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, Eyewitness News got an up-close and exclusive look at security measures inside an elementary school in South Jersey. MattPetrillo reports
, Eyewitness News got an up-close and exclusive look at security measures inside an elementary school in South Jersey.
Visitors can only get into Harrison Elementary School in Gloucester County through a front entrance by first speaking through an intercom and then having to wait in a dual-locked lobby.The Harrison School District superintendent says these doors were made more secure roughly four years ago, shortly after the Parkland High School massacre in South Florida where 17 students and staff lost their lives.
“If a teacher sees someone that is out of place, they have the ability to go on the intercom system to lock down our building because they would be the first line of defense,” Peretti said. That was not the case in the Texas school shooting. Police say the gunman got in through an unlocked back door.
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