Pasco Deputies Won't Return to Elementary Schools
The extra security provided for Pasco County elementary schools following the Newtown, Conn., shootings will not continue when classes resume Jan. 8.
Elementary school students in neighboring Hillsborough County will return to class Monday under the watchful eyes of law enforcement officers, but that won't be the case when Pasco students hit the books Jan. 8. Sheriff's deputies were assigned to each Pasco elementary school the week following the Dec. 14 Newtown, Conn., massacre. In that case, 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into an elementary school and shot 20 children, ages 6 and 7, to death and six staff members before killing himself. The tragedy rocked the nation and sparked local law enforcement reaction throughout the Tampa Bay area. The move was a temporary response in Pasco. The police presence will not continue, Pasco Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning said at the school …
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