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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AND THANKING THE BURRILLVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

FOR ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SCHOOL SAFETY

     Introduced By: Representatives Place, Newberry, Shekarchi, Filippi, and Mattiello

     Date Introduced: May 29, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, In these challenging times, school safety has become of paramount

importance to students and their parents as well as for school staff and local police departments;

and

     WHEREAS, The Burrillville Police Department has developed and implemented clear

school policies and protocols that will enable the five public schools in Burrillville to be prepared

in the event of any threat of violence at the schools; and

     WHEREAS, Lockdown Drills are conducted twice a year at each school, with officers,

school staff, and administration responding in concert, and security posts have been established in

each school with a daily walk through conducted by trained officers and held at the beginning and

end of each school day, in conjunction with and supplementing the School's Resource Officer;

and

     WHEREAS, The Burrillville Police Department has also established an Active Shooter

Team, which meets with school SRO officers, local Fire District representatives, and school

department personnel once a month, and are equipped to be deployed to any school quickly; and

     WHEREAS, Any and all threats at Burrillville's Schools are taken seriously and

thoroughly vetted, and the Police Department has provided additional training for officers in the

best practices to address all aspects of school safety; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, all members of the Police Department are issued key cards that

allow them immediate access into the schools during an emergency or critical incident, with

Supervisors having master keys, which allow them to open doors once inside the school; and

     WHEREAS, Keeping our children safe to learn and grow in an environment free from

harm or threat is essential in providing for their successful education and affording them with the

potential for a bright and prosperous future; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates and thanks the Burrillville Police Department for its

efforts to promote school safety; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Colonel Stephen J. Lynch, Burrillville Chief of

Police.

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