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Security At Columbine High School

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In April 1999, a pair of students at Columbine High School in Colorado killed a dozen fellow students and one teacher, as well as themselves. Parents, teachers, and politicians nationwide, understandably terrified in the wake of the massacre, began advocating ever-stricter school security policies to help prevent violent crime.but the crime never stop.

I'm am writing about school security because I think that a lot of school don't have many recourse to stop the violence,shooting,bullying,fight ,and others violent act in schools.and they need school security.
The violence occurred everything second in american school most of the time in schools.this occurs because the security school.big school had 100,000 students and they need more protection and room. …show more content…

putting cameras or lockdown the main doors is good method but isn't mean that violence end it started to increase the school has new students and they create new ways to do something in

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