CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – With the success of the weapons detection system at Northwest High School, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and CMCSS have now asked the county to fund another pilot program at Rossview High.
Rossview High was chosen to be the second pilot site earlier this year, because it has the largest student population with more complex logistics. If installing the Evolv system is approved by the County Commission in November, the data and feedback from Northwest and Rossview will guide the Sheriff’s Office and school system for future plans, according to previous reports.
During the Montgomery County Budget Committee hearing last week, Sheriff John Fuson said Rossview High currently has four entrances that students use. In preparation for the weapons detection system being implemented next semester, they plan to cut the number of entrances to three.
The sheriff’s office and CMCSS will then place one single-lane weapons detection system at each entrance, which differs from the two-lane system at Northwest High.
CMCSS spokesperson Anthony Johnson told Clarksville Now the school system looks forward to expanding the pilot program to the second site.
“As we shared with families at both schools and to the community in early July, MCSO received funding for the pilot and will provide additional School Resource Officers for the implementation at the pilot schools,” Johnson said.
For more information on the Evolv pilot in CMCSS, please visit www.cmcss.net/school-safety/evolv-technology/
Clarksville Now has reached out to the Montgomery County Sherrif’s Office for additional information.