Officials: Intoxicated man with pocket knife sits down in Port Orange classroom to 'test security' Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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ENFORCEMENT, A HOMELESS INTOXICATED MAN WHO GOT ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS A CLEAR LAPSE IN SECURITY. >> HE COULD HAVE HAD A GUN, HE COULD HAVE HAD A GRENADE, HE COULD HAVE HAD ANYTHING. CLAIRE: EVEN SHERIFF MIKE CHITWOOD SAID HE WAS SHOCKED AT THE SECURITY BREACH. 51-YEAR-OLD DEREK MARLOWE WALKED INTO SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING, GOT INTO A CLASSROOM IN SESSION, SAT IN AN EMPTY DESK. >> AFTER ALL THAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH, ALL THE TRAININGS, GUARDIANS, TECHNOLOGY, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU IT’S ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE WE PUT IN PLACE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES. CLAIRE: ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE SUSPECT RODE HIS BIKE ONTO CAMPUS THROUGH THE BUS AND FACULTY ENTRANCE HE PROCEEDED PAST A CAMPUS ADVISO , WHO SAW HIM AND CALLED ANOTHER ADVISOR ABOUT IT ON HIS CELL PHONE BUT NEVER NOTIFIED SCHOOL STAFF VIA SCHOOL RADIO OF THE SUSPICIOUS PERSON AND NEVER NOTIFIED ANYONE OF A CODE RED INCIDENT. >> WE HAD A DISORIENTED PERSON COME ON TO OUR CAMPUS WHO HAD NO BUSINESS AT THE SCHOOL. CLAIRE: THE SCHOOL DID NOTIFIY CREEK FAMILIES WITH A RECORDED MESSAGE HOME AND IN A STATEMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WROTE IN PART, "SECURITY PROTOCOLS WERE NOT FOLLOWED." AMONG THEM, LOCKED CLASSROOMS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, AFTER A STUDENT USED THE BATHROOM, THE DOOR TO THE CLASSROOM WAS LEFT OPEN. WE SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH SPRUCE CREEK HIGH PRINCIPAL DR. TODD SPARGER ABOUT THE BREACH. HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE ON CAMPUS SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY WASN’T IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED, BUT SHERIFF CHITWOOD SAYS ALL INVOLVED HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. >> WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO IMPLORE THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THEY NEED TO DO BETTER. CLAIRE: WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. WE HAD BEEN ASKING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO SPEAK WITH US AND HE HAS AGREED TO SIT DOWN WITH US TOMORROW. WE HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE BREACH ON CAMPUS. WE WILL SEE IF THAT IS RELEASED. A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE GOT ON CAMPUS WHO HAD NO BUSINESS BEING THERE. FORTUNATELY, NOTHING UNTOWARD HAPPENED INVOLVING Y

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