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Parents ask questions after police incident at Vancouver high school for second day in a row

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For the second day in a row, Killarney Secondary was placed in lockdown. After someone called 9-1-1 reporting someone with a weapon in the school. That has many parents questioning the school's safety –a nd whether it isn't time to bring back school liaison officers right across the Vancouver School Board. Emad Agahi has the story – Jun 16, 2022

Parents are asking questions after an incident at Vancouver’s Killarney Secondary for the second straight day.

Police were called to the school on Thursday morning after what police call “credible reports” of someone in the school with a weapon.

Students were put on lockdown and officers went room to room after someone was seen carrying an axe, the school board said.

The search concluded without finding any suspect and no injuries were reported.

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A day earlier, the school was evacuated after a bear spray attack.

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The situation has parents wondering if police liaison officers should return to Vancouver schools.

“Think about it. You got all these kids going through this situation wondering what the hell is going on. Some of the parents don’t speak English really well, so they don’t understand what’s going on. And they don’t know how to help their kids. So having a liaison who works in the community, lives in the community — it’s a no-brainer,” parent Harbie Bahd said.

The school board voted to end the school liaison officer program last year.

“There is no evidence to suggest any correlation between incidents this week and removal of the [liaison] program. The District continues to work closely with the VPD and, as was evident in their quick response to this week, we continue to be well supported by police when needed,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Global News.

– with files from Emad Agahi

Editor’s note: This is a corrected story. A previous version incorrectly attributed information about the person seen carrying an axe to the police. 

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