New York City school safety agents have seized 5,931 weapons from students this year, according to the union for the safety agents.
“When someone finds a weapon in the school, the very next day more weapons are brought because children say, well, they have a weapon I better bring one too,” said Gregory Floyd, the head of Local 237.
Floyd said school safety agents, who are unarmed, are seizing brass knuckles, stun guns, knives and metal pipes from students. It’s an issue that has been getting worse at city schools — and one that Eyewitness News first reported in 2016.
