Check-in process established for sex offender visitation at school events
By Zach Tyler, The Anniston Star, Ala. | |
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Under the new policy, registered sex offenders who want to visit school events because they have children or grandchildren attending must fill out paperwork and file it with a liason at the Sheriff's office.
"That facilitator will get the information to
Reeves reviews the request and either approves or denies it. If approved, he would contact the principal of the school holding the event, giving them notice.
Reeves said that if he finds anything in the request is incorrect, the applicant would be banned from ever being on campus.
"Once they've been cleared to be there, they have a designee -- whether it be the principal or assistant principal -- on a sheet of paper that they have with them, who they must report to once they hit that campus," said Reeves.
The new policy stipulates that if a registered sex offender is found on school grounds without that piece of paper signed by their designee, it is a felony violation.
"The deputy or SRO or police officer or whoever is there can make that arrest on the spot," said Reeves.
"Our number one job is to protect the children of
The board also welcomed a four-legged, furry guest to its Thursday meeting.
"Hopefully, we'll have gun- and bomb-sniffing dogs in every school," she told board members.
The institute is calling the new canines "Vapor Wake" detection dogs, because they're bred and trained to track the tiny scent particles that moving people leave in the air behind them.
That makes them especially good at tracking guns and explosives in larger, more crowded areas, like schools or sporting events, said Hammond.
"Because the academy is based here, with Judge
The board took no vote on the proposal, but, said Dyar, "There's two or three school systems locally chomping at the bit to get this opportunity and this judge has given us this opportunity first ... and we're going to make the right decision."
The board also held its first hearing for the budget for fiscal year 2015.
According to a document presented at the meeting, the budget anticipates revenue of
"All of our increases were in salaries and benefits," she said, partly due to the growth of the school system -- it added teachers, assistant principals, and counselors -- and because of increased insurance costs under the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Program, or PEEHIP.
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