Spring Break continues for Palm Beach County's public school students through Monday, but when kids return to class on Tuesday, parents may still be concerned in the wake of the Parkland shooting and a growing number of incidents here involving students bringing weapons to campus.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says law enforcement is working hard to keep kids safe.
"Everybody's doing everything that they can possibly do to make the schools as safe as they can be. The school police are on top of it. We're on top of it. We're doing a lot of things that can be done right."
He and the School District Police Chief are calling for funding to provide at least one armed officer on each school campus and the Sheriff's Office is available to help out at schools that are located in communities that don't have their own police departments. Meanwhile, a new app for students countywide is aimed at protecting them. It's called "Student Protect."
"They can anonymously report things to the school police, to us, to the parents, to the school faculty. It's a really great thing. We're going to make it free to them, with no cost to the school board or the parents to get it."
Also, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), out of Washington, D.C., is conducting a thorough review of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office with regards to how it handles mass shootings and active shooter situations. This is being done for free.
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