More Charleston police to be posted at schools

There’s going to be additional police presence in and around schools in the state’s capital city.

Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster announced Monday he wants to reassure parents in the emotional time following the Connecticut school shootings.

“Just to give the public and most of all the parents of the children in these schools a little sense of security,” police dept. Sgt. Bobby Eggleton said Monday.

Those extra patrols could come in a variety of ways.

“Whether if it’s just an officer has time to drive through a parking lot or if he has time to get out and walk in and see the administrators, whatever he sees necessary to make the administrators, teachers and students feel more comfortable,” Eggleton said.

Several of the city’s schools have resources offices who work full-time in the building. Sgt. Eggleton says those officers are on alert.

“We’re not anticipating any problems but we know that people throughout America are in shock and truly scared about the safety of their children,” he said.

The additional patrols will take place at least through this week. Students will then be off for holiday break until early January.





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