Altoona School Resource Officers May Soon Be Allowed to Carry AR-15s

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Resource officers in the Altoona Area School District may soon be allowed to carry AR-15 semi-automatic patrol rifles in schools. WPSU’s Emily Reddy reports that on Monday the school board approved a “first reading” of a change to its policy on what weapons school police can use.

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(Original air-date: 12/9/22)

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Emily Reddy is the news director at WPSU-FM, the NPR-affiliate public radio station for central and northern Pennsylvania.