School Security

Kia Ora,

There has been a few issues with internet of late so delays in getting this blog up to date. Don't you love telecommunications?

One of the recent issues has been that of School security. Though not on the scale of the issues overseas yet, NZ is already well past the nice school yards of yester year.

This week has seen first a school teacher stabbed by a 13 year old & then a 15 year old girl had to be talked down by a teacher after threatening other students with a knife.

One of the issues arising from this has been the schools worrying about the Bill of Rights in regards to any searches of students.

There are certainly precautions that need to be taken, such as females only searched by females, privacy & always having a witness on hand when searching, but in this case I would say that is secondary as it clashes with another law. 

My understanding is Parliament actually set this law(Bill of Rights) up like this.

That other law is Health & Safety, in particular of other students & teachers. Not to mention any security they may employ.

If they don't want to enforce compliance with entry conditions, then a compromise is having security on site during school hours. A minimum of two guards, numbers depending of the size of school, & have them constantly patrolling.

The signs of potential trouble can usually be picked up before it happens when you combine experience & training.

We have to stop being PC & starting imposing rules on the young people of today.

One thing you notice when you have had to deal with or work with teenagers, most of them would actually like some rules.

They are still going to push them, but without any effectively in place either in most school environments or in public they are going to keep doing more outrageous things to get noticed.

In fact experience has shown that most of the worst kids actually like discipline more. Especially if used in channelling their energies in areas where they are more at home other than a classroom.

A few years ago now, as part of the army, we engaged with a boys home. The leader of our training was known throughout the army as a hard task master.

Whilst carrying out some specialist training he used to impose certain punishments & whilst the boys were training with us they got exactly the same punishments.

When we visited their accomodation afterwards they all wanted this leader to see where they lived. In been hard on them, in their minds he actually showed he cared.

Once they leave the school environment it becomes a clash of then expecting not to have any restrictions placed on them & the rules of society.

You see it with the boy racer community here in Christchurch.

They do not believe they are doing anything wrong when using someones property as a toilet, destroying signage & property belonging to businesses & items of public property.
When you confront them over this they are of the belief that you have no right to interfere in what they are doing & they have the right to destroy property.

With the continuing economic downturn & repercussions of it, we are seeing more & more people prepared to take on the authorities.

We have sown the seeds of our coming nightmares.

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