Los Alamos Middle, High Schools To Have Gun Safes on Campus

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Middle and high schools in Los Alamos will soon have gun safes full of shotguns and semi-automatic weapons on campus. The Los Alamos School Board on Thursday approved Police Chief Dino Sgambellone's request to have police-owned gun safes installed inside the schools. Sgambellone says the safes will help officers respond more quickly in the case of an active shooter. He says often valuable time is lost when officers have to run back out to their car to retrieve the weapons they need to handle a shooter situation. The cases will be bolted down in a secure area an only police officers will have access to the equipment. Sgambellone says the safes are still in planning stages and there are still a number of things to do before they are placed.