Officials in Maryland’s Montgomery County, who defunded school police programs last year, now want a law enforcement presence in schools for the foreseeable future, The Washington Free Beacon is reporting.
The school district had asked police to return to schools following a school shooting late last month of a 15-year-old. A 17-year-old high school student was charged as an adult on attempted second-degree murder in the case, according to The Washington Post.
Police returned to the schools after the shooting, as county school officials asked them to stay for just a week.