I hope this finds some traction. Missouri has a conservative base so I think it has a shot.
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https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/09...uri-rangers-aiming-protect-kids-schools/ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - While the state of Texas famously has the Texas Rangers as its elite police force, a Missouri lawmaker is hoping to create the Missouri Rangers.
State Sen. David Gregory said the team would focus only on school safety and be highly trained to keep students and teachers safe.
“I tend to pray over my kids so I don’t get too worried but it is concerning,” said parent Sandra Davis.
Davis told First Alert 4 with the level of division in the country right now — and past history with school shootings — she does worry about her kids. Gregory believes he has a solution.
“I’m constantly getting this outreach, denator do something, do something and do something fast,” said Sen. Gregory.
Gregory said he plans to file a bill next legislative session to create the Missouri Rangers. Unlike the Texas Rangers, who fight a range of high-level crime, the Missouri Rangers would be specialized to only focus on school safety.
“A lot of chaos, a lot of kids running, a lot of people scared, you need a high level of training and a high level of focus to make sure we protect every life,” said Gregory.
Gregory pointed to shootings at a Catholic school in Minnesota last month and another mass shooting at a Presbyterian school in Nashville two years ago, saying school kids are at risk. The final straw for Gregory was the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus last week.
“One of my concerns, being a person of color, would be to have diversity within that population,” said Tyra Buchanan.
While Buchanan wants to make sure the Missouri Rangers would be diverse, she thinks it may be necessary.
“Seeing what’s going on in our world today, I think it’s very important to have extra security, I don’t think you can ever have too much,” said Buchanan.
Gregory said the proposal would cost at least $10 million to $20 million. But after school shootings nationally and locally, including CVPA in 2022, he said every dollar is worth it.
“When you’re talking about a $50 billion budget, that is very small and when you’re talking about the lives of our children that is a small price to pay to make sure they’re safe,” said Gregory.
But some, like Davis, believe the money could be better spent.
“Rangers that would be reactionary, I think we need more preventative measures in schools,” said Davis.
She believes the state should instead invest more into education and mental health services, adding mass shootings have also happened at schools with school resource officers.
“It’ll be better served in those areas than having a ranger in schools, to me that’s not going to be effective,” said Davis.
Gregory added the Rangers would not replace school resource officers, but for schools that have them they would instead be on top of what schools already have.
They would also prepare for potential natural disasters such as tornadoes and floods
