Comment on Safety commission backs grant to help boost safety in Florida’s private schools

Police departments statewide will soon be urged to apply for a slice of a $5 million grant to figure out how to make their private schools safer. The Private School Security Assessment Grant Program was announced Tuesday at the first of a two-day Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Commission meeting, where officials said the school security for private schools throughout Florida has not “kept pace” with improvements made at public schools. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)Commission member and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd speaks about dealing with a student deemed a potential future school shooter in his county as Commission member and Citrus County School Board Member Douglas Dodd looks on during a meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise on Tuesday.