Denver and Boulder schools increase police presence following the Uvalde school shooting – Colorado Newsline

Over the last days of the college 12 months, some Colorado faculties are seeing a rise in safety and police presence following the Uvalde college taking pictures in Texas on Tuesday. 

Denver Public Faculties could have an enhance in police presence for the rest of the college 12 months that ends June 3. This information comes lower than a 12 months after Denver and Boulder faculties started eradicating police to cease college students of shade from being focused. 

“Over the subsequent two weeks, our Division of Security and Denver police could have an elevated uniformed presence in and round our faculties,” Denver college officers mentioned in a press release.

Tay Anderson, the Denver Public Faculties Board of Training vice chairman, took to Twitter saying he’s “totally upset and shocked” by the choice to deliver police again into Denver faculties. He additionally mentioned that the Board of Training was not consulted on the choice. 

Jefferson County Public Faculties completed the college 12 months on Wednesday however the communications workplace didn’t say if faculties noticed a rise in police presence for the final day of the college 12 months. The district didn’t lower its police presence within the fall as Denver and Boulder did. 

Whereas the college 12 months wraps up, threats on the Entrance Vary started popping up after the Uvalde college taking pictures. 

Northfield High School in Denver was positioned on lockdown Thursday morning because of a report of a scholar presumably having a gun on the Paul Sandoval campus. Two individuals had been later arrested and the weapon turned out to be a paintball gun.

The incident adopted a menace in Boulder. Casey Center College in Boulder was underneath menace of a taking pictures earlier within the week, however officers arrested a 14-year-old suspect Wednesday. 

Faculties in Boulder additionally noticed a rise in police presence over the last days of its college 12 months, in response to Boulder Police Division spokesperson Dionne Waugh. Boulder Valley College District had its final day of faculty Might 26. 

“We would like excessive visibility,” Waugh mentioned. “Everyone sees us and is aware of we’re there.” 

Waugh mentioned the rise just isn’t a long-term response and was meant to take care of security for the final days of the college 12 months.