In the wake of the fatal shootings at a recruitment office and a Navy reserve training center in Tennessee, Ohio is moving to heighten security for its National Guard recruiters.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich ordered a review of security and four store-front recruitment centers were moved to nearby armories. Kasich also ordered a review that might allow recruiters to arm themselves.
“The governor has made it very clear that we must take action to protect our members who are actively engaged in public recruitment efforts,” said Maj. Gen. Bartman, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard. “We are updating our policies and strengthening small firearm training so that those men and women staffing our recruitment offices may protect themselves in the event of a threat.”
No actual threats have been made on Ohio’s National Guard recruitment staff.
“These are precautionary measures that they’re taking” to protect personnel, said Maj. Nicole Ashcroft, a spokeswoman for the Ohio National Guard. “Their safety is our first priority.”
The moves follow a mid-July attack on a military recruiting office at a strip plaza in Chattanooga, Tennesses and nearby Navy operations support center by Mohammad Abdulazeez.
Click here to read more of this story.
About Marion Online News
