Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Commissioners this morning are also expected to conduct the second of three public hearings related to a federal program that checks for illegal immigrants.
A program that fines motorists who zip by Cobb school buses without stopping generated more than $58,000 during its first two months. During this morning's Board of Commissioners meeting, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the County Building, 100 Cherokee St., officials are expected to split the first payout from the program between the Cobb County School District, the Cobb County Police Department and an outside vendor. Police Sgt. Dana Pierce said the program is not about revenue. "It is about making a safer Cobb for our children," he said. It was the death of 5-year-old Mountain View Elementary School student Karla Campos, who was struck by an elderly driver as she exited her school bus in 2009, that first prompted calls for greater stop…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Law enforcement agencies are assisting with patrols in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings.
Cobb County School District officials spent a busy weekend requesting law enforcement assistance and briefing school principals, teachers and staff about security measures in the wake of Friday's deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn. On Monday, Cobb County police and law enforcement from other Cobb cities were making safety rounds at schools. "Our precinct patrol officers are driving by all schools in their assigned beats," Cobb Police Department Spokesman Officer Michael Bowman told Patch. Cobb schools spokesman Doug Goodwin said the district has a 44-member full-time security staff that works out of high schools and middle schools but not elementary schools for "resource" reasons. He said the extra police patrols will continue on an …
Monday, July 23, 2012
The measure, prompted by the tragic death of an East Cobb kindergartener, still needs approval from the Board of Commissioners.
A year after putting cameras on school buses to detect stop-arm violations, the Cobb Board of Education voted Thursday to put some more teeth into those preventative measures. The board voted 7-0 to sign an agreement with American Traffic Solutions to issue citatations to motorists who avoid the bus stop-arms, which are designed to protect students entering and leaving buses. Greater stop-arm enforcement was prompted by the 2009 death of 5-year-old Mountain View Elementary School student Karla Campos, who was struck by an elderly driver as she departed a bus. "It's taken a long time, but we're finally there," said Cobb school board member David Banks, who represents the Mountain View school community. "In her memory, this is her law." …
Melinda Paris
9:10 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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