Oregon should create an anonymous statewide tip line and a database of school floor plans. Those are some of the recommendations in a report released Wednesday by a task force on school safety.
The Task Force was created by the 2014 legislature. Since then there have been several school shootings in the state. Those include one that took the life of 14-year-old Emilio Hoffman at Reynolds High School in Troutdale.
Emilio's mother, Jennifer Hoffman, spoke at a state capitol press conference where the school safety recommendations were unveiled.
"There's nothing I can do now to bring Emilio back, other than have a new focus on how to help create change so that another family will never have to go through the loss of a child in an act of senseless school violence,” she said.
The task force focused on safety at K-12 schools but members say the recommendations could also be adopted at higher-ed institutions. A shooter last month killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg.
The task force was comprised of lawmakers and representatives from the education and law enforcement field. Its four main recommendations:
- Establish an anonymous statewide voice and text tip line. This would serve as a way for classmates or family members to alert law enforcement to a possible impending violent act.
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