CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — The Nueces County Sheriff's Office introduced the school marshal program, which encourages anyone interested to receive proper training to be able to attend schools with security.
Due to the school shootings that happen in this country, this program is set to make a change to this.
Now, it is mandatory to have someone armed in the schools to prevent these tragedies.
Milton Rivera, the academy director for Nueces County, says that because of this, the Nueces County Sheriff's Office has introduced a program that will train people to be school marshals at no cost.
"It's important because many times schools don't have the facility to have their own police department so there is someone there who can before other police officers from other areas come in to assist,” Rivera said.
Students will receive 80 hours of training and a certificate from the state when completed.
