2. Dogs that are able to detect guns/ammunition/bombs. Also dogs that can "sniff out drugs". It should also be a goal to make our schools DRUG FREE. Some Middle Schools (at one time called "Junior Highs") are "at risk" for such violence such as guns at schools. They should also have Metal Detectors. The movie "Pay it Forward" had such a metal detector shown. 1. Require all High Schools to have METAL DETECTORS. This would be partially funded by the Federal Gov't (under the Education Bill) and be a requirement for obtaining Federal Funds for Education ("No Child Left Behind" is an example of what Public Schools are required to do to receive Federal Funds.) States and Local School Districts would be required to have this in place (by some future date).
Unfortunately, Louisiana is headed in the wrong direction. Clear backpacks should be required.
Louisiana just passed a bill for bulletproof backpacks (which not be clear).
Your solutions are not as simple as you think.
Your metal detectors are useless without one or more human beings to monitor them and stop those that set off the metal detectors. Those people will need pay and benefits. If you use cops those cops are not doing other cop work.
Your gun sniffing dogs are expensive and require handlers that are also expensive. The dogs also have a rather short life span and an even shorter working life. You never know when a dog will lose its sense of smell or just get bored with the work and just stop doing the job.
Another problem with these ideas is that you have to funnel all of the students through the metal detector and past the dog. This is really going to slow down kids getting in to school. It is also a recipe for concentrating students in to a clogged area where a shooter could just spray bullets in to a crowd and kill lots of kids really quick.
If you had a large school you would have to have lots of metal detectors and since they break down from time to time you had better have a couple extra ones sitting around and a maintenance contract to get them fixed quick.
Nope I think it would be a much better solution to arm half your teachers and have a training program to make them proficient with their weapon.