PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – In a show of bipartisanship, Delegate Luke Torian, D-Prince William, says he supports improvements to school safety in Virginia following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
More in a press release from Torian:
Today, Delegate Luke E. Torian, D-Prince William announced his support for Governor Bob McDonnell’s legislative package assembled as a result of the Taskforce on School and Campus Safety.
Key legislation from the Taskforce includes a mandate to develop a critical incident response plan, to implement school safety audits, to increase cooperation between schools, local law enforcement and emergency medical units; and new criminal offenses for attempting to enter a school with the intent to commit a violent felony. Having co-patroned the legislative package, Delegate Torian issued the following statement:
“I want to commend Governor McDonnell for assembling a Taskforce on School and Campus Safety. We cannot do enough to protect our schools. I have supported efforts in the past to build on legislation that was
passed in the wake of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and I am pleased to see my colleagues being proactive in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. I am also honored as well to serve as a co-patron on the Governor’s introduced legislation.”
Delegate Torian represents Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, and Woodbridge in House District 52. This is his second term in the House of Delegates.
Torian’s announcement comes after Dumfries voted to hire and post a full-time police school resource officer for Dumfries Elementary School. It will be the first and only elementary school in Prince William County with an school resource officer, called an SRO.
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