{"id":13238,"date":"2018-08-10T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=13238"},"modified":"2018-08-10T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:46:46","slug":"armed-security-guards-to-patrol-brick-schools-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/08\/armed-security-guards-to-patrol-brick-schools-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Security Guards to Patrol Brick Schools This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick Twp. Police car. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

As the Brick school district plans a referendum that would add new security features to the town\u2019s schools, officials are planning a new first line of defense in case of an emergency: armed security guards patrolling the grounds and buildings.<\/p>\n

Brick Police Chief James Riccio said his department is planning to hire a number of officers under a newly-created certification \u2013 Class III Special Officers \u2013 that allows retired police officers and state troopers to come back to work at part-time salaries.<\/p>\n

The Board of Education on Thursday night voted unanimously to hire four security officers at per-diem rate of $185, not to exceed $33,000 per year. All of the officers will be armed, and are retired from either the Brick police department of the New Jersey State Police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re already experienced, they\u2019ll be armed, and we can place them in the schools,\u201d said Riccio.<\/p>\n

The police department and school district are planning to hire seven officers, who will complement patrols near schools that have already been stepped up following the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. in February. Riccio said in the past, officers would normally fill out paperwork while parked in shopping centers and other parking lots, but now have been instructed to do so near school buildings so they can keep an extra watch while completing required reports.<\/p>\n

Riccio also said under a new schedule that was adopted by the department last year, each officer \u201cowes\u201d the department 130 hours per year in exchange for the new schedule, and those officers are being used to patrol schools during that time.<\/p>\n

The seven dedicated, new officers will undergo specific training and need to have stellar qualifications.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very selective as to who we want and the training that they have,\u201d said Riccio. \u201cWe\u2019re very confident we\u2019re going to have two more people [to approve for hiring] on the next agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the four officers hired Thursday, one will be assigned to Brick Township High School, two will be assigned to Brick Memorial High School and one will be assigned to elementary and middle schools on a rotating basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll are either retired Brick police officers or state troopers,\u201d Riccio said.<\/p>\n

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