Federal School Safety Commission’s Report Recommends Arming Teachers

(L-R) Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a school safety meeting in Washington on Aug. 16, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—A new school safety report commissioned by President Donald Trump in the wake of the February shooting in Parkland, Fla., throws support behind the use of school resource officers and school safety officers, and arming teachers to neutralize a shooter.

The Federal Commission on School Safety, the issuer of the report, sees the recommendations as a way to cut down on response times to active-shooter situations, especially in rural areas.