Virginia School Safety Panel: Restore Resource Officer Funding, Tighten Gun Penalties
Gov. Bob McDonnell's task force releases recommendations to the General Assembly.
By Blake Belden, Capital News Service Gov. Bob McDonnell is urging state legislators to approve recommendations from his School and Campus Safety Task Force that would increase sentences for illegally buying guns, require mandatory lockdown drills at schools and establish more comprehensive suicide prevention programs, among other suggestions. Northern Virginia State Sen. George Barker (D-39th) serves on the task force. Read: Police to Discuss School Safety Feb. 13 at Sully District Governmental Center McDonnell sent the General Assembly a letter outlining initial recommendations from the panel, which the governor established in the wake of December’s school shootings in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 …
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