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People embrace at a firehouse staging area for family around near the scene of a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Kitsap schools get extra police presence for Newtown one-week anniversary

BY Josh Kerns  on December 20, 2012 @ 4:14 pm (Updated: 6:09 am - 12/21/12 )

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Department plans to beef up its presence in local school districts Friday to ensure safety on the one-week anniversary of the Newtown, Conn. school shootings and the predicted end of the world.

The department took the steps as rumors surfaced earlier this week about threats of violence that were supposedly going to happen Friday in some North Kitsap schools.

Investigators determined the rumors were unsubstantiated and not credible. Deputy Scott Wilson says Sheriff Steve Boyer decided to add off-duty deputies to supplement regular school security as a precautionary measure.

"We just wanted to have a sheriff's office presence in as many schools as we can get officers to to just lend a sense of safety and a sense of calm," Wilson says.

Deputies will be present in high schools, middle schools and some elementary schools within the North Kitsap, Central Kitsap and South Kitsap school districts.

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    Doesn't "anniversary"
    December 20, 2012 5:29 pm
    denote a yearly remembrance of some notable event?

    I realize it has been broadened in the past few years or so, but come on. A week, now qualifies as an anniversary?

    Soon, yearly will broaden to a weekly definition???

    IE: I have 1 day off a year will actually mean I have 1 day off a week? Why define discriminate words if they just evolve with time (and ignorance)?

    Sorry for going so far off topic!

    That said, I am heartened that the school district is taking this threat seriously.....

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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Security crew
    December 20, 2012 7:09 pm
    In the near future I see each school with a undercover security crew using High Tech devices.This is the spirit.. http://www.9news.com/news/article/306148/339/Father-Marine-stands-guard-outside-school
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Update
    December 20, 2012 7:14 pm
    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/12/20/update-former-marine-standing-guard-lied-about-service-record/
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  • shark75 wrote...
    Aren't cops "armed guards"? The libs say its all a waste of time and resources
    December 21, 2012 1:20 pm
    Send the cops back to the donut shop. The idea that good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns is ridiculous according to liberals. Besides, private armed guards don't pay into the teachers union, so its a severe waste of money. Only wasting money on waste is worth the money. Liberalism is indeed a mental disorder...
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