Impromptu metal detector finds kids with 21 weapons at Brooklyn school day after student gun bust

[Sugar Cookie]

City officials placed a single metal detector in a Brooklyn school building the day after a student was busted with a loaded gun — and turned up 21 weapons in just one day, law-enforcement sources said.

The Department of Education installed the scanner in the complex housing the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice and two other schools in Downtown Brooklyn Thursday morning after the 17-year-old was nabbed there allegedly with a 9mm pistol and more than $30,000 in cash.

The school does not normally have a scanner in place. And Thursday’s surprise installation netted a varied arsenal — nine knives, seven cans of pepper spray, four stun guns and a pair of brass knuckles, sources said.

The 17-year-old had been busted a day earlier after showing up late for school at around noon and entering an office to log his attendance. A school staffer spotted what she thought was a pistol in his backpack and alerted school safety agents.

The student was detained until NYPD units arrived and allegedly discovered the gun and the cash in his possession.

A building source said that an increasing number of students are bringing in weapons as a means of protection.

“A lot of these kids bring this stuff for self-defense,” she said. “It’s a shame that it’s come to that. But it’s the truth. Sometimes you see who is carrying in something or gets caught with something and you can’t believe it. They’re scared.”

While some city schools have detectors year round, others are only subject to random or temporary scanning.

Impromptu metal detector finds kids with 21 weapons at Brooklyn school day after student gun bust

City officials placed a metal detector in a Brooklyn high school the day after a student was busted with a loaded gun — and turned up an astonishing 21 weapons in just one day, law sources sa…

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The metal detector was installed the day after a student was caught with a pistol and $30,000 cash

 

[Sejanus]

Paper route money that ain't.

 

[McDanel]

Paper route money that ain't.

Yeah, I'm more fixated on the cash than the gun.

ETA: I have to admit, if I was carrying 30k in a backpack, I too would be armed.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The kids should be expelled and the parents prosecuted.

And if any of the baby thugs are in foster care the assigned agency to them should be sanctioned.