A third of Salt Lake City high schoolers feel weapons detectors don’t increase security, survey shows

Weapons detectors making students late to class. Complaints that screenings are “not very accurate.” Concerns the devices provide a “false sense of security.” These were some of the responses the Salt Lake City School District received when it surveyed teachers, students and parents about the machines that were installed at West, East and Highland high schools in October. According to survey data a district official presented to board members in April, a little over a third of students at the high schools reported that they do not believe the weapons...