Lawmaker Wants Task Force To Study School Safety

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Kentucky State Representative Richard Henderson, D-Mount Sterling, says he will form a task force to look into whether the state can put armed officers and metal detectors in all of Kentucky's 1,245 public schools. Last week, Jon Akers, director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, which helps schools develop state-mandated safety plans, said there are 221 public schools in the state with on-site school resource officers. Most of them carry firearms. Akers says metal detectors are only effective if they are installed at every school entrance, not just the main door.