Massullo files bill to broaden penalties for threats by firearms and other weapons

Last year the Florida Legislature increase penalties for those making threats using firearms or other weapons.  Earlier this year Citrus County Schools and the Sherriff’s Office were surprised to learn that a person who threatened to “shoot up” one of our schools could not be charged, because the threat was made verbally, even if the threat was made to a law-enforcement officer. The law did permit the person could face felony charges under state law for making “written threats to kill” or making a false bomb threat.  See Citrus Chronicle article, Floral City man who made threats to ‘shoot up’ school, https://tinyurl.com/yxd7args. Immediately following the situation, the Superintendent of Schools, the School Board, and our local State Legislators Rep. Massullo and Senator Simpson spoke out about improvements that needed to be made to the law.

On October 8, 2019, State Representative Dr. Ralph Massullo filed HB 311, a bill simply entitled ‘Threats’. This bill if passed and signed into law, prohibits threats to use firearm or weapon with specified intent. This bill would strengthen the law and allow law enforcement to act on creatable threats made which results in better protection of our students, staff and schools.

Thank you Rep. Massullo for once again understanding the needs of our community and working to pass common-sense legislation to do what is best for our students and schools.

Follow this link to read the filed bill: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0311__.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0311&Session=2020

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Citrus Multi-Agency Active Shooter Training at CRHS

A small glimpse into the training and drills of our Citrus County SchoolCCSB O=PD s protectors. This video is from a recent multi-agency training day where our school staff and administrators were witnesses.

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Sandy Hook Promise Video

WARNING THIS VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING!

On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, a video produced by Sandy Hook Promise was distributed through the internet and has been quickly going viral. The producers attached a special warning to the video which says, “this PSA contains graphic content related to school shootings that may be upsetting to some viewers. If you feel that this subject matter may be too difficult for you, you may choose not to watch this video.”

Sandy Hook Promise states that their mission is, “to create a culture engaged in preventing shootings, violence, and other harmful acts in schools.”

While this video is hard to watch, it gives to those not in our schools and classrooms a glimpse of what our students, teachers, and staff are dealing with every day in our schools.  These trainings and conversations are happening in nearly all schools whether the schools are public, charter or private. School safety is not limited to the type of school.

If you are willing, I believe this video is worth watching. It will undoubtedly stimulate conversation. It will be controversial and will be criticized by some and praised by others, but I implore you to understand that this video does show the type of drills, conversation, thoughts, worries and fears that students and schools deal with every day, while also having meeting the academic needs, and in public and charter schools having to meet the ever-growing state mandates placed on local school districts, schools, and classrooms.

Follow this link to watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ykNZl9mTQ

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