fox 29's dave kinchen has more from burlington county.hink having armed officers walking up and down the hallways are going to make people think something is bad. something is bad going to happen at any minute now. >> reporter: jose cordero is one parent who is not entirely fond of more armed police officers in the evesham township schools. a safety sure up after the massacre in park land, florida. but he thinks his daughter may ham it differently. >> do you think your kid in the younger grade would be worried about seeing a guy with gun or a cop with a gun at a school. >> i don't think so because she cease him every morning. officer dan is his name? right. >> there's multiple. >> so there's an officer there every morning. >> reporter: evesham police announced a job search looking to hire armed guards to protect the elementary and middle schools in the township. it's part of the class thee special police officer initiative. the high school students already see officers on patrol in between their classes. >> oh, i feel they should. i total

our dave kinchen was there as parents met with school leaders. >> reporter: cooler heads prevailed in meeting between parents and cherry hill school board members but increasing demand for more security is still a hot item. >> i want to thank you first of all for implementing the immediate things you did that was great. >> reporter: cherry hill parents giving kudos to school board members hailing the decision to have armed officers patrolling all schools while tightening up access to the buildings. but parents also want more. >> we need metal detects. you gotta stop it before it gets in the school. >> live feed cameras necessary. something that should be delayed no longer by september 1st they shall be in all 18 schools. >> reporter: student also spoke out in support of ap history teacher tim lock of cherry hill east it reportedly suspended after telling his class he worried a tragedy like the florida massacre could happen here. his removal prompted student protests and walk outs. >> i don't mean to assume that you guys have diss stain, personal vendetta against him, but that's wait s

fox 29 dave kinchen out spotting the damage finding a family who had quite the scare >> a big boom in the night for the family inside this house on old eagle and the ft. washington area. but the large tree, resting on the garage. it was join by another one on the driveway. both knocked down during the wild winds and pounding snow and rains of friday night's nor'easter. >> the same storm also yanking this tree out of the ground on malitia hill forcing whitemarsh township to shut down access at joshua road with barricades. and in gladwynn, the scene there, pa23 and waverly much the same across montgomery county, tree leveled at the roots taking down section of the fence along with it, crews will be busy this weekend removing damage and debris like this, especially where it can contributed to power outages, utility teams have their work cut out there. in gladwynn, dave kinchen, " fox 29 news." >> and good day philadelphia has you covered in the morning , be sure to wake up with us, and get the latest alerts on the storm damage where you live, it all starts at 7:00 a.m. >> happening now,

let's get out to dave kinchen live outside cherry hill high school west tonight. dave?reporter: iain, there was less tension in this meeting with more progress made in the name of securing schools but parents made it clear there is still a long way to go. >> if there's any bad guys listen right now you don't mess with the cherry hill police department. >> reporter: cherry hill parents and a special school board meeting praising the call to have armed officers patrolling all schools. they also hailed the tightening of access to buildings. at the same time parents said it's not enough. >> we need metal detectors. you gotta stop it before it gets in the school. >> live feed cameras necessary. something that should be delayed no longer by september 1st they should in all 18 schools. >> reporter: student spoke out in support of ap history teacher tim lock of cherry hill east reportedly suspended after telling his class he worried a tragedy like the florida massacre could happen here. his removal prompted student protests and walkouts. >> i don't mean to assume that you guys

fox 29's dave kinchen is live in evesham township. dave?> reporter: lucy, there are a lot of empassioned opinions that many people have when it comes to how people can harden the schools and safety there and this is yet an issue that's bringing out lots of opinions. >> i think that would make them uneasy that's not what you're going to schools for. >> reporter: cops in evesham township schools. not the answer for more safety according to jose cordero. though he says his daughter may not mind it. >> do you think your kid in the younger grade would be worried about seeing a guy with a gun or a cop with gun at his school. >> i don't think so because she cease him every morning. officer dan is his name. >> there's multiple. >> there's an officer there every morning. >> reporter: evesham police announced job search looking to higher armed guards to protect the elementary and middle schools in the township. it's part of the class 33 special police officers leave initiative. high school students already see officers on patrol in between their clas

our dave kinchen joins us live from center city tonight with more on this. dave? >> reporter: iain, the police union put out a stern letter to philadelphia police officers telling them basically not to listen to the da when it comes to how to handle their guns when their lives are in danger. >> stay in your lane and go up speak about court speak about whatever else don't speak about gun stuff or whatever it may be on the street. >> reporter: clear message from the fop president to philly's da larry krasner. after sources say krasner told a group of cadets they should shoot for the arm rather than shooting to kill if confronted by a violent suspect or situation. >> it's tollly opposite of what they're taught. they're taught and trained to shoot for center mass. this isn't a wild wild west western. where you clip them in the shoulder, bang them in the toe or hasn't. >> reporter: john mcnesby fired off think letter urging them to listen to proper training and not krasner when it comes to handling their guns. police sources say krasner spoke to cadets at the philadelp

our dave kinchen joins us live tonight from the heart hid area of haverford. dave. >> reporter: iain, we've seen crews working all day trying to restore power and get rid of trees and debris and crews are bracing for another impact and so are people who have trees in the yards right now. >> i was in awe of the fact that this whole root bulb could actually lift from the ground and fall over. the winds musk craze zoo. >> reporter: crazy enough to lift this one-year-old tree from meghan's haverford township lawn on friday's nor'easter she's not out of the woods yet with another storm on the way. >> not too excited because we, um, we tend to lose power in this strip just, um, our neighbors tend to keep the. we ten to lose it. um, i don't know why that is. so i'm not looking forward to cold nights witness kids. i'm not worried -- knock on wood, i'm not worried about another trees for me i'm -- i would worry for other people. um, because there are a lot of old trees in this area. >> reporter: while she figure out how to get rid of this tree we saw crews across haverf

montgomery county slammed by the storm, trees up rooted causing quite a mess, dave kinchen were you outound a family who had quite a scare. >> reporter: a big boom in old eagles in the fort washington area with a large tree resting pit was joined by another one o the driveway. both knocked down during the wild winds and pounding snow and rains of friday night's nor'easter. the same storm yanking this tree out of the ground on malitia hill forcing white marsh township to shutdown access at joshua road with barricades and in glad win, the scene, pa 23 in waverly much the same. a tree level to do the roots taking down a section of fence, crews will be busy this weekend removing damage and debris like this especially where it contributed to power outages, utility teams have their work cut out there. in glad win, dave kinchen, fox 29 news >>> scott else us not too bad right now, we may have another storm coming later this week but i'll stay positive. >> stay positive, bill, a little bit of a break, we're looking at sunshine returning and we still have a bit of a breeze but not as gusty as ye

fox 29's dave kinchen is live in burlington county. dave?porter: well, lucy, this is one of many ideas out there to make schools more secure but parents we talked to say there are some deciding lines on this issue. >> i think having armed officers walking up and down the hallways are going to make people think something is bad. something is bad going to happen at any minute now. >> reporter: jose cordero is one pan who's not entirely fond of more armed police officers in the evesham township schools. a safety sure up after the massacre in parkland, florida. but he thinks his daughter may handle it differently. >> do you think you're a kid in the younger kid would be worried about seeing a guy with a gun or cop with gun at a school? >> i don't think so because she sees him every morning. officer dan is his name, right. >> there's multiple. >> so there's an officer there every morning. >> reporter: evesham police announced job search looking to higher armed guards at the elementary and middle school in the township. part of the class three spe

dave kinchen joins us live from haverford tonight. . >> reporter: iain many people can deal with a day without power but we talked to people tonight who are still in the dark and people who still have lots of storm debris to clean up with that other storm barreling down. >> i think that with all that snow laying on top of it, and the wind it just took it. >> reporter: this tree has been resting on meghan porks' haverton township lawn since friday night nor'easter. >> this tree tore out our cable internet phone lines. so we have no communication in that way. we're just living off data. report roar things could get more complicated with another storm on the way. >> not too excited. because we, um --, we tend to lose power in this strip just our neighbors tend to keep i we tend to lose it. um, i don't know why that is. so i'm not looking forward to cold nights witness kids. i'm not worried -- knock on wood, i'm not worried about another trees for me. i'm -- i would worry for other people. because there are a lot of old trees in this area

fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live in center city tonight. dave?> reporter: well, iain, the fop leaders issued a strongly worworded letter to police offis in the city essentially telling them not to listen to the da when it comes to him telling them how to use their weapons when their lives are in danger. >> like me going into a medical building and talking about diagnosing somebody with an illness. you don't do that. i mean, you know, i not a lawyer i don't go in and tell hem how to try a case. >> reporter: the president of fop lodge five not holding back ripping philadelphia da larry krasner after sources say krasner told a group of next generation philadelphia police officers not to shoot to kill when they can shoot someone in the arm during a violent end count. >> it's totally opposite of what they're taught. they're taught and trained to shot for center mass. this isn't wild wild west western. we clip them in the shoulder, bang them in the toe or hand. >> reporter: john mcnesby fired off this letter to fellow officer urging them to listen to p