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I don’t understand why usa is so adverse to metal detectors at the door for public institutions like schools. I spent a few years in India having to be metal de
by kylehotchkiss 5y ago
I don’t understand why usa is so adverse to metal detectors at the door for public institutions like schools. I spent a few years in India having to be metal detected to enter any metro, mall, or hotel. And they have far fewer weapon and terrorism concerns than USA does. It’s annoying and you get used to it.
Small steps like these could improve the confidence of those working in schools and the many parents trusting schools to safely educate their children
- closeparen 5y agoLike other physical security measures (tall fences, razor wire, bars on windows, steel doors) it’s a sign that you are in a low-trust, high-crime environment. If in fact you are, then those things are important, but most Americans don’t want to think of their local communities this way and resent developments that reify such a perception. Especially when it comes to children. We really don’t like young children being cognizant of evils and threats and other such “adult” concerns. Innocence is important.
- olliej 5y agoThey do have metal detectors. My wife’s school had: * metal detectors * police * drug dogs * 12 foot fencing * no doors on toilets * active shooter drills * no on-site medical staff * restrictions on access to medication, including inhalers That is what public schools in America are. They are prisons, and the on-site police treat the children as criminals.
- hiptobecubic 5y agoNo doors on toilets? What the fuck?
- olliej 5y agoYuuup My wife went through school never using the bathrooms
- filchermcurr 5y agoMy elementary school was like this. No doors on any stalls or the bathrooms themselves. It wasn't a safety thing, it was a 'kids are dumb' thing. Kids would hang on the doors and break them, pee on them, smear excrement on them, crush other kids body parts in them (which I guess is a bit of a safety thing...), etc. Finally they just gave up and got rid of the doors entirely. Nobody ever seemed to care, but I sure never set foot in those bathrooms.
- tdeck 5y agoMany American schools do have metal detectors. The public school in the area where I grew up (known as a "good" school district) not only had metal detectors, but required everyone to use flimsy backpacks made of clear vinyl so staff could always see the contents.
- _dain_ 5y agono we're not going to turn every public space into airport-tier security. it's an affront to human dignity.
- colinmhayes 5y agoMy school had metal detectors. Wasn't a big deal. They were only for when you enter in the morning though. If you wanted to bring something in you could do it at any other time and leave it in your locker.