Horry County Schools Plan To Ramp Up Its On-Campus Security Systems

Horry County District staff, school administrators and a law enforcement official will meet to review demonstrations of weapons detection vendors.

Horry County Schools is planning to ramp up its on-campus security systems.

Last week, Horry and Georgetown County District staff members visited the Greenville County School District to observe their weapons detection systems.

Now, Horry County District staff, school administrators and a law enforcement official will meet to review demonstrations of weapons detection vendors. The authorities are expected to make a recommendation to the board by March 18.

The district plans to install better metal detectors as well as hire more staff.

The increase on security measures comes after several incidents including.

In one of the situations, a gun was brought to a middle school. The weapon was not detected by the currently installed metal detectors.