Accidental Release of Pepper Spray at Benjamin Franklin evacuates 2nd floor
June 20 ,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ , According to Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools at approximately 11:15 a.m. Thursday , on the second floor of Benjamin Franklin Middle School, there was an accidental discharge of a pocket-sized canister of pepper spray owned by a staff member. The staff member’s name has not been released .
As a precaution, the Ridgewood police and Ridgewood fire departments were called and the entire second floor of the school building was evacuated.
Both Police and fire officials cleaned and tested the air, and then gave clearance for re-entry by 11:45 a.m. Students in the classroom in which the discharge occurred were also checked by EMS staff and the school nurse. No injuries or ill effects have been reported.
Did all those municipal employees need to be called out?
They all knew what happened and a simple airing could have been done by school employees.
There are attorney general guide lines that need to be followed that’s why there is an appearance of overkill.
There’s more to this.
Why did the staff member have the pepper spray out in the first place?
Also,
Why was the first letter sent out with no reference to pepper spray (“…accidental discharge of an aerosol spray…”)
then revised and resent 1 hour and 20 minutes later (“…accidental discharge of a pocket-sized canister of pepper spray…”)?
C’mon Danny… don’t you know – The cover-up is worse than the crime…
Every little thing is a cover up to some. The kids are all right.