Altoona Area is the only school district in Blair County moving to allow trained civilian security guards to carry guns in school. Other area districts won’t be arming civilian security guards, but they might employ school resource officers or contract with law enforcement agencies for personnel authorized to carry weapons. There are three classes of school security in the state: Security guards are civilian, non-police classified school support personnel without full police powers. School police officers are em­ployed by a school district and have been granted powers by a ...