LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The deadly school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, that left three children and a teacher dead and another student and teacher injured has devastated people around the country.It has also continued the conversation about safety in Clark County schools.Elizabeth Becker is a Clark County parent and longtime gun violence prevention advocate. She says the shooting is a reminder of school safety at every campus across the nation.“You have this feeling of I’m so grateful it wasn’t my child’s school, but I’m so devastated was at a school at all, someone’s children were impacted by this,” said Becker. “Obviously, no one solution is going to stop every shooting. But what it comes down to is the accessibility of weapons that do it. And in Nevada, we did work on this. We passed a law to make sure that we have safe storage laws.”When it comes to local schools, CCSD says it has seen a reduction in guns confiscated on school property. But the number has not reached zero.Earlier this week, a student at Desert Oasis High School was arrested for having a gun, bringing the district’s total so far this year to three guns recovered on campuses.That’s compared with nine at the same time last year.In an interview, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson suggested increasing the use of metal detectors to keep guns off campuses.“You know, we have metal detectors at airports. We have metal detectors at courthouses. And if we have kids bringing guns onto campus, maybe we need metal detectors at schools,” said Wolfson.Wolfson says the state may be able to help.“And maybe it’s a resource issue. Maybe it’s a cost issue. To me, if I’m a parent and I have a student in the school system, I’d want to know if there are guns on campus. So I think that perhaps that’s an expenditure that our legislature should look at,” Wolfson said.Right now, CCSD uses AI weapons detection systems to check students arriving at school. These are for random checks and aren’t at every campus every day. The district also conducts random classroom searches with wands and has K-9s that search for drugs and weapons.But Becker believes universal metal detectors shouldn’t be the main solution.“I don’t want my child to go to a school that has that feel of like my school is unsafe, and it’s like walking into a prison. But I do think that you know local police officers have more intelligence and a better idea of where maybe there might be certain places where they want to put a metal detector,” Becker said.As for other physical resources, CCSD leaders say the district has more than 500 campus security monitors and more than 200 school police officers. They also use a single-point-of-entry system and require students to wear ID badges. They believe one of the main successes has been building relationships with students.“That’s exactly what we want from all of our employees is to get to know our students, get to know them well enough that if they are acting a little bit weird, that they pull them inside and say, Hey, what’s going on?” said Kirsten Searer, chief community engagement officer.
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