Surrey Schools <\/a>policies and procedures state that \u201cstudents shall not possess or use any weapon on any school premises or at any activity off school premises that is organized or sponsored by the school.\u201d<\/p>\nThe only exception to this rule is when the replica item is used as a prop in a theatrical production and stored appropriately when not in use.<\/p>\n
\u201cSchools, parents and other community members should be aware of the potential danger of toy and replica guns,\u201d the policy says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile such guns may be considered toys, many replica and toy guns can be easily mistaken as real. Reports that a handgun was seen typically results in a very rapid, high-level police response, as police must treat all such reports as involving a real gun.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome replica guns are so realistic, they can easily be seen as an actual weapon and may result in a defensive action when pointed at someone. Police officers and other security personnel are trained to draw their own weapons in defense when threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Segovia shared with Peace Arch News that she understands the importance of safety policies but believes the situation could have been handled differently.<\/p>\n
She said she contacted the school principal and later emailed the district\u2019s superintendent, Mark Pearmain, in hopes of discussing the situation.<\/p>\n
Segovia said she did not receive a response from the superintendent, though an assistant superintendent replied outlining the district\u2019s policy on weapons and replica weapons.<\/p>\n
Determined to make her concerns heard, Segovia tried to suggest other ways she could help make this happen for her son but also keep the Surrey Schools policy intact.<\/p>\n
She reached out to friends who are officers with the RCMP and Surrey Police Service in hopes their perspective might help them navigate the rules.<\/p>\n
Segovia suggested that her son\u2019s creations could be brought to the school office ahead of time for inspection by a staff member, held until the day of his presentation and returned directly to the office after the presentation so she could pick them up from there.<\/p>\n
But she received a response from the school principal stating that her son could bring in videos or photos of the replicas instead.<\/p>\n
Segovia said she found this \u201cquite ridiculous\u201d because a project like this should be encouraging students to engage and explore their future careers, and that\u2019s what her son was trying to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy hope in raising this concern is to bring awareness to the impact such restrictions may have on students who are genuinely engaged in their learning and striving to present thoughtful projects aligned with positive goals and safer communities,\u201d she said in an email to Peace Arch News.<\/p>\n
Despite the issue, Segovia\u2019s son completed his presentation and explained to classmates why some of the items he created could not be brought into the classroom.<\/p>\n
Though he was disappointed, Segovia said, her son\u2019s enthusiasm for policing hasn\u2019t wavered, and he\u2019s already looking forward to exploring the field further.<\/p>\n
Peace Arch News reached out for comment from the school district\u2019s Safe Schools department but did not respond to requests for comment before publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey student\u2019s policing project halted by replica weapon policy Published 9:30 am Sunday, March 15, 2026 A Surrey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-538468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}