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Since the deadly school shooting in Connecticut, security has been a topic being discussed in schools nationwide. Today, Montgomery County officials are joining the ranks, and as FOX17's Meagan O'Halloran tells us, they've introduced new safety plans to protect schools county-wide. He's the biggest man on campus, and School Resource Officer David Cobb takes his job very seriously.
"I do investigations, anything dealing with the law, thefts, I investigate that as well," says Cobb.
Most importantly, he's at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville to protect students, and keep them out of harms way. Now he will have another task added to his job description. Montgomery County officials, along with other counties in the area, have taken a proactive approach to beef up security in Montgomery County. They're looking to School Resource Officers to help take the lead on that. In a press conference Friday morning, school and law enforcement officials announced they were planning to have current SRO's train off duty officers and place them at each public elementary school.
"These are our children and there's nothing more important to all of us and all of you and to all the citizens of Clarksville/Montgomery County to keep our children safe," says Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan.
$140,000 has been set aside for the immediate short term to place off duty officers at elementary schools through the Spring semester.
"I do investigations, anything dealing with the law, thefts, I investigate that as well," says Cobb.
Most importantly, he's at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville to protect students, and keep them out of harms way. Now he will have another task added to his job description. Montgomery County officials, along with other counties in the area, have taken a proactive approach to beef up security in Montgomery County. They're looking to School Resource Officers to help take the lead on that. In a press conference Friday morning, school and law enforcement officials announced they were planning to have current SRO's train off duty officers and place them at each public elementary school.
"These are our children and there's nothing more important to all of us and all of you and to all the citizens of Clarksville/Montgomery County to keep our children safe," says Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan.
$140,000 has been set aside for the immediate short term to place off duty officers at elementary schools through the Spring semester.
Friday, January 11 2013, 10:12 PM CST
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Pipeline work can continue at state natural area
May 24, 2013 11:16 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee environmental officials have given Piedmont Natural Gas permission to resume drilling on a Nashville pipeline project.
Work was halted on May 11 when a mixture of bentonite clay and water spilled from a drill into Otter Creek at the Radnor Lake State Natural Area.
The mud was later scraped out of the creek using buckets and hand tools.
Meredith Benton, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, told The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/199LA54 ) that Piedmont agreed to 11 new terms and conditions to prevent a recurrence of the spill.
Those include creating a pit to capture any spilled slurry and daily water quality monitoring.
Benton said the department has not decided whether to issue fines or citations.
Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com
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