Texas suburb builds police substation on school campus

Dallas Morning News:
Keller police are collaborating with the town of Westlake to build a police substation on the Westlake Academy campus northeast of Fort Worth.

The academy’s board of trustees approved the plan in early February, before last week's school shooting killed 17 people in Parkland, Fla.

Keller Police Chief Michael Wilson said the plan for a substation addresses policing complexities created by the charter school’s corporate-style layout.

The layout "offers a ton of advantages for students and staff but poses challenges to safety,” Wilson said. The substation "is a nontraditional approach to a nontraditional learning environment.”
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The town of Westlake and Keller police have been regional partners since 2002. Wilson said the plan for a substation emerged as a result of ongoing analysis and security audits and was not in response to any specific event.
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I think it is a good idea.  It is a much better alternative to futile gestures like banning weapons that look scary to liberals.

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