Some questions for the CMSD security

Some questions for the CMSD security

What exactly is proper dress code for students at Success Tech? At any Cleveland school? Do the teachers know the answers?

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From the looking at the posted pictures of what Asa looked like when he entered the school; Asa Coon was wearing what appeared to be dark pants and a light colored sweatshirt with the hood up. Is this considered proper dress code?

From the pictures, does Asa Coon appear to be in proper dress code? Even if he was wearing his proper uniform shirt Asa Coon was pretty well covered up with the hood of his sweatshirt though if you look close around his neck, it appears that he might be wearing a black T-shirt. How could anyone know if he was wearing the proper shirt under his sweatshirt?

Having his hood on and head down, how could the security guard recognize Asa Coon as a student let alone a stranger?

From the pictures posted, one cannot tell if Asa Coon had his white face make-up on when he entered the school. It would be interesting to know if that determined by the police investigation.

Police formally presented their evidence from the shooting to prosecutors this week and the PD reported on that evidence.

“A security guard recognized the boy as a student and did not stop him.”

Asa Coon was suspended (he should not have been on school grounds). Did the guard challenge Asa Coon to ask why he was coming to school so late? Did the guard check his I.D. card to see if he was suspended or not? Unfortunately the answer is no, the guard recognized Asa Coon as a student and did not stop him.

Asa Coon walked into the school in the early afternoon, an odd time to be reporting to school. Most CMSD schools I have visited have their doors locked. Any visitors have to ring the button next to the door to be let in. Some schools even have security cameras so security can decide if the door should be buzzed open or not. Were the doors locked at Success Tech? Or did Asa Coon simply walk into an unsecured school building? The security guard could have stopped him and challenged him and sent him to the office for being late. But no, the guard recognized Asa Coon as a student but did not stop him.

Asa Coon did not appear to be wearing his proper school uniform and was carrying a backpack, yet somehow the guard recognized Asa Coon as a student and did not stop him.

Does not the CMSD security have standard operating procedures that they were supposed to be following at all schools? It appears that the security guard missed all opportunities to do his job.The guard did not act on any of the red flags that Asa Coon was displaying.

The guard somehow recognized Asa Coon as a student; a student coming to school late; a student who was suspended; a student covered in a sweatshirt head down and carrying a backpack; a student who possibly was wearing some white face make-up; and the guard did not stop him.

“There were no cameras in the restroom so it is uncertain what he did for the next four minutes.”

How would anyone know if Asa Coon changed in the restroom? Was anyone in the restroom with him that could actually testify to this? Would four minutes have been enough to change, put make-up on, and get his guns ready? This is a kid, you know. If someone had other evidence to the contrary, they should have let the police know. And maybe that person did inform the police, but perhaps the police decided what was being reported was nothing more than mere speculation.

And as far as CMSD security protocols and standard operating procedures, I have yet to find them. But one thing is apparent;

the security guard recognized Asa Coon as a student and did not stop him.