Oklahoma task force studies school security, risks
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Members of a task force on public school security have wrapped up their first meeting after hearing experts in classroom security and mental health offer tips on detecting and preventing potential risks.
The 22-member Commission on School Security conducted its inaugural meeting at the Oklahoma Capitol Tuesday. The commission plans to meet several more times before making recommendations that could be included in legislation considered by the 2013 Legislature, which convenes on Feb. 4.
Ken Trump, a school security expert and president of National School Safety and Security Services, told the group budget cuts to public education in recent years had forced a decrease in emergency preparedness at public schools across the country. Trump says the nation's focus on school security increased after last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut.
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Monday, June 17 2013 11:01 PM EDT2013-06-18 03:01:48 GMT
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The FBI says the woman suspected of robbing a Arvest Bank in Lawton turned herself in Monday afternoon to agents at the Federal Courthouse in Lawton.
Monday, June 17 2013 9:02 PM EDT2013-06-18 01:02:15 GMT
Lawton- Defense attorneys are expected to present arguments Monday in a bid to save Mica Martinez' life. Comanche County jurors are deciding whether the man they convicted of killing Carl and Martha Miller
Testimony has ended in the penalty phase of the Mica Martinez trial. He was convicted Thursday in the 2009 murders of Carl and Martha Miller at their home near Cache.
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Lawton_THE NEPHEW OF THE MAN WHO CREATED THE ORIGINAL SCULPTURE WHICH THE TAG DEPICTS, LIVES IN LAWTON, AND HE SAYS HE THINKS THE CONTROVERSY IS ODD. LAST WEEK, WE REPORTED THAT AN OKLAHOMA CITY MINISTER
The family of the man who created the "Sacred Rain Arrow" image on Oklahoma's official license plate is speaking out about the controversy surrounding it.
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