{"id":89020,"date":"2023-01-03T15:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89020"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:50:46","slug":"89020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89020","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Pollack Teams up with Byrna to Make Florida Schools Safer<\/a><\/p>\n

On January 4, 2022, Parkland father Andrew Pollack\u2019s 501c3 \u201cMeadows Movement\u201d will be donating eight backpacks, each containing an AR pistol, to Florida\u2019s Bradford County Sheriff\u2019s Office for use in Bradford County schools.<\/p>\n

Pollack lost his 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, in the heinous criminal attack that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman High School on February 14, 2018.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0says<\/a> he founded \u201cMeadows Movement\u201d as a way to fight to \u201c[ensure]\u00a0sure that other parents never have to go through what I (and so many other parents) have had to endure.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Pollack presents the backpacks to the Bradford County Sheriff\u2019s Office, each one will be coupled with an Adams Arms AR pistol.<\/p>\n

The backpacks\/AR pistol combination means sheriff\u2019s personnel serving as school resource officers (SROs) will not have to run to a locker or a patrol car in order to retrieve a firearm chambered in a round larger than a traditional handgun. Instead, the AR pistol will be on their person and immediately accessible.\u00a0 This saves time and time saves lives.<\/p>\n

By the way, the backpacks are also equipped with body armor to help protect the SROs as they confront and stop attackers.<\/p>\n

The backpacks were donated<\/a>\u00a0to \u201cMeadows Movement\u201d by Byrna, a company focused on self-defense tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pollack told Breitbart News, \u201cI was fortunate enough to link up with Byrna, which is such a great company. They have the same vision as I do. They to save lives and give law enforcement the tools to even the playing field against evil.\u201d (Pollack and Byrna have grown so close via their work together for safer schools that he is now their chief public safety officer.)<\/p>\n

Breitbart News also spoke with Will Hartley, the superintendent of Bradford County Schools. Hartley noted that his district has a total of six facilities and those already have certain teachers and staff who are armed for classroom defense.<\/p>\n

He believes the addition the SROs with the AR pistols is an added\u2013and necessary\u2013layer of protection to keep kids safe.<\/p>\n

Hartley said, \u201cI wish more people could have it. Because, if someone comes on your campus and they have a long gun, we need to be able to meet their force with the same kind of force. The backpacks with AR pistols fit perfectly with our belief that if someone comes on your campus we should have every right to stop that threat with whatever means necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hartley\u2019s desire for other school districts to be prepared was echoed by Pollack, who stressed that \u201cMeadows Movement\u201d has more funding available to help other police departments and\/or school districts get life-saving tools into the hands of SROs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Pollack Teams up with Byrna to Make Florida Schools Safer On January 4, 2022, Parkland father Andrew Pollack\u2019s 501c3 \u201cMeadows Movement\u201d will be donating eight backpacks, each containing an AR pistol, to Florida\u2019s Bradford County Sheriff\u2019s Office for use in Bradford County schools. Pollack lost his 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, in the heinous criminal attack … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-schools","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89027,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89020\/revisions\/89027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}