Few Students Participate In “Walk-Out” But Police Were Ready

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(Robinson) — Law enforcement and other emergency personnel were on alert for yesterday mornings EMPOWER student “walk-out.” Though participation was low at the counties schools local emergency personnel were ready for any possible scenario. According to Robinson Police Chief Chad Weaver in preparation for the walkout his officers teamed up with emergency services as well as school officials across the county and were in place well before school started for the day. Most of the daily efforts to protect the community and especially the students may have gone largely unnoticed by the public. Weaver says, this not by happenstance, much of the security work is effective because it is not obvious and as such, potential “bad guys” are not privy to the tactical operations of law enforcement. Weaver says the shared preparation and response to the walkout is worth mentioning, in broad terms, to help shed some light on the lengths the entire emergency response community is willing to go to avert and mitigate disasters.