NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The President of the school safety union is calling for an increase in random weapons checks — even at elementary schools.
"We should have at least 10 schools a day randomly checked for weapons. And if you find weapons you go back,” Greg Floyd, the president of Teamsters Local 237 which represents school safety agents in New York City, told WCBS 880’s Kristie Keleshian. “You go back each and every week until they're no weapons you find in those schools you found weapons. Then you do spot checks every three months."
Floyd also called for more metal detectors in schools. Eighty-nine of the roughly 1,700 schools in New York City have permanent metal detectors according to him.
The calls for beefed up security comes after three students were shot outside Francis Lewis High School in Queens on Wednesday.
No arrests have been made, and police have not identified a motive. The victims are school children, but there are no known suspects so far, and the shooting happened outside the school. That means it’s uncertain whether a stronger police presence in the schools would have prevented a tragedy like this.
Over 20 weapons like pepper spray and knives were confiscated from students in the days following the shooting, though no guns were found.
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