Austin-East Magnet High School students and families can expect an additional three patrol officers in the neighborhood around the school at dismissal Monday, but these officers will not be school resource officers as originally planned.
Knoxville Police Chief Eve Thomas said Friday that means no school resource officer will be pulled from another school. It also doesn t require school resource officers, who are trained to be on campus, to patrol off campus. I want to reiterate that this will provide the same level of security that we promised for the Austin-East community, Thomas said. However, after further consideration, this is a more effective deployment of our officers.
As Knoxville mourns the deaths of three teenagers, the Austin-East community has a clear message to share: the performing arts magnet high school is a safe space.
Austin-East students, faculty and supporters are frustrated the school community is being linked to the shooting deaths of three students in the past three weeks. The school itself, they say, is not the problem, it s the violence running unchecked near the building located in the 2800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. I know that school is a safe place, said Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Kincannon is a former Knox County Schools board president.
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