$150,000 approved for officers in Newtown schools

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$150,000 approved for officers at Newtown schools - Houston Chronicle

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Department of Justice announced Friday it's giving $150,000 to put police officers in schools in Newtown in the wake of last December's shooting massacre at the town's Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The grant from the department's Bureau of Justice Assistance is intended to fund two positions, such as resource officers.

"Just over nine months after the senseless mass shooting at Sandy Hook, we remain committed to providing every resource we can to ensure that the children of Newtown can feel safe and secure at school and elsewhere," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. "And as we hold lost loved ones in our thoughts and prayers, we resolve to continue to support and protect this community — and to help them heal together."

Something about this bothers me. I'm not here to debate whether or not officers should be put in schools, but bothered that this school was singled out. It seems the DOJ picked this particular school as a means to make people "feel good". There are many more dangerous schools in much more dangerous of areas, but a headline grabbing, isolated incident in Sandy Hook was worth the DOJ providing this particular school with $150,000 for police officers.