TX Schools Told To Conduct Fake Intruder Exercises

The Texas Tribune reports:

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday instructed state school security and education officials to start conducting “in-person, unannounced, random intruder detection audits on school districts” to find weak access points and see how quickly staff can enter a school building without being stopped.

Education advocates and lawmakers swiftly condemned the idea of unannounced, fake intruders.

Clay Robison, a spokesperson for the Texas State Teachers Association, raised concerns about whether a person conducting unannounced drills puts themselves at risk to be attacked by someone on campus who sees them as a real threat.

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Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday instructed school safety officials to conduct “unannounced, random intruder” audits of Texas public schools.

Education advocates swiftly condemned the idea, one calling it a “recipe for an accident.” https://t.co/Hjyv0gwlXT

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 2, 2022