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Recommendations
- Partner with local law enforcement
- Have a patrol officer park outside Church during school mass
- Work with them to have officers complete paperwork in Church parking lot
- If students walk a long distance from school to Church ask that a law enforcement officer be present during the transition
- Lock all Church doors except for one entrance and exit.
- Have a staff member present at the one entrance/exit to greet adults as they enter/exit
- Report anything suspicious
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