ST. PAUL — One approach Minnesota lawmakers have been pitching in response to the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting is funding for school safety measures — specifically, school resource officers.

SRO funding has been brought forward by House Republicans in a school safety package and by Sen. Andrew Mathews, R-Princeton, during the Senate Gun Violence Prevention Working Group earlier this month.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said an Annunciation parishioner told him the first time they felt any sense of safety was when the first officer arrived at 8:31 that morning, four minutes after the shooting started.

“We all know four minutes is still a long time for someone that’s inflicting evil on our kids to keep doing damage. And so I’ve kept trying to think through my mind, what’s

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