Posted on 10/06/2015 5:30:55 PM PDT by John W
CULVER, Ind. (21Alive) -- A prestigious school west of Fort Wayne, known for its military disciplines, is causing a stir with a policy change regarding firearms.
That change comes near the time of the latest terrible school massacre in the U.S.
Considering Culver's roots as a military school dating back to 1894, it was a surprise when last week Culver Academies school officials announced security officers would no longer carry weapons.
The school administration declined to talk on camera and said allowing us to interview students would go against the best interest of their safety.
A statement released by Culver, reads in part, "We decided that the policy of having our security officers carry side arms was not a practice we wanted to support any longer."
"We came to believe that the danger of having loaded firearms on campus outweighed the potential benefit of having armed security officers."
It's a story with unusual timing.
That awful school shooting erupted in Roseberg Oregon a couple days later, in a gun free zone, where school security there could not present an armed resistance.
Culver officials say they want security staff here to be approachable, not intimidating figures to students.
The school will rely on the nearby Culver Municipal Police Department, the Marshall County Sheriff's Department and the Indiana State Police, who are "only minutes away in an emergency."
"But that is not a role we need our security officers to play."
Culver's security officers now carry batons and mace, but not one retired Indiana State Police officer, who resigned his post following the change, saying he no longer believes it's a safe atmosphere for someone in uniform.
We caught up with a couple of folks in the town of Culver nearby, who think the change is a big mistake.
"I do believe as security, if they're going to be able to stop something like that, they're going to have to have weapons and that's, you know, we're talking sidearms, we're not talking you know, automatic weapons or anything of that nature," Ron Hodges of Plymouth said.
"They're claiming that the Culver Police Department is only 5 minutes away, well, how many kids can a mad man with an AK 47, how many kids can he take out in 5 minutes. I don't know, I don't want to know," Kathleen Tanguy, Culver Resident said.
What idiots.
And at a military school?
Fools.
Good move an open invitation, can anyone one of these idiots be more stupid than they all ready are? It’s just mind boggling
who are “only minutes away in an emergency.”
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Minutes away when seconds count. If I were a parent, my kid would be outta there.
When seconds count...
“If I were a parent, my kid would be outta there.”
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Same here. If they are this stupid at Culver Academy, I wouldn’t trust their judgement on anything.
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Well isn’t that special. Wouldn’t want someone with a firearm (yucky) protecting my young-uns. Annnnnd—————the idiocy of the left continues.
Maybe alumni donors leaned on them. Hal Holbrook went there, as did the late George Steinbrenner, though I don’t know the latter’s political persuasions.
It is like stupid has become a virus like the zombies carry.
Do you have to be bitten by a Democrat to become stupid?
TWB
.........mere words cannot express how mindless this is!
.............some sicko somewhere tonight is thinking ...........”hmmmm, military school, unarmed security, that’s my target!”..............
incredible!
I’d be pulling my kid and $$$
In contemplating just how far our country has fallen, consider that Culver Military Academy has produced five recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Gun free zone equals Free fire zone.
This story is a joke; right?
William Buckley used to say the police should be disarmed as they have clearly proven they are not competent in the use of firearms. I believe he meant this tongue in cheek.
How many people can die when help is “minutes” away?
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