Weapons detection scanners likely coming to Henrico schools
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Henrico County Public Schools' months-long process of testing metal detectors and weapons detection scanner technology will soon come to a close.
No weapons have been recovered so far in the field tests which were conducted at the elementary, middle, and high schools across Henrico County.
Although a gun was recently found in a trash can at Longdale Elementary, that school was not part of the field test.
"Looking at other implementations nationally, what we have learned is that it seems to be that these are a deterrent. So, when students know weapons scanners are in use, school systems that have put these in place saw significant reductions to weapons recovered in the school building and on campus," Henrico Superintendent Dr. Amy Cashwell said.
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