PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Students in Petersburg will be seeing more police officers when they get to school Friday.
The Petersburg School district announced a larger police presence will be posted at the high school Friday, Oct. 21.
In a tweet sent out Thursday night, the school district said the additional police presence is due to an increase in the number of altercations at the high school.
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