A Dallas council member says school districts shouldn't wait for action from the feds and state on safety post Uvalde.
In a memo last week, Adam McGough, Dallas City Council member and chair of the public safety committee, asked for beefed-up security measures at local schools following the. The committee will discuss some school safety recommendations with the Dallas Police Department at its meeting today.
McGough said the Dallas Independent School District has its own police department, but that every district has different ways of addressing safety. McGough wants some safety measures to be uniform across all schools in the city, which includes more than just DISD. Campuses from Richardson, Carrollton-Farmers Branch and Duncanville school districts also sit in the city.
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