According to Education Week, there have been 9 incidents since July 31 that have resulted in 24 injuries and deaths, highlighting a burgeoning crisis in school safety.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood has taken a unique approach to handling threats—publicly shaming students involved in threats, regardless of their intentions, to deter future incidents.
Parents are warned to take accountability, as Sheriff Chitwood emphasizes, 'Don't let Sheriff Chitwood raise your kids,' suggesting that he takes the matter very seriously.
Chitwood's aggressive stance includes resulting consequences for parents whose children are perpetrators: 'I know a set of parents right now that they're looking at $11,000 each...'
On September 16, the sheriff released a mugshot of an 11-year-old boy involved in threats, illustrating the lengths law enforcement is willing to go to in deterring these actions.
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