ICYMI: Police Chief Nix Never Forgets Sandy Hook

SUDBURY, MA — Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix cites a murder at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School as his most memorable, and upsetting, incidents he's dealt with in his career. A Sudbury lieutenant at the time, on Jan. 19 of 2007 two students got into an altercation in a hallway at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. It resulted in the death of one of those students.

Nix says the shooting at Sandy Hook in December, 2012, in which 20 children were shot at a school in Connecticut, is a national case he'll never forget.

"We have a family who lost their daughter who live in Sudbury," said Nix. "One of my passions is school safety. It reinforced with me that we need to be vigilant and do the best we can for our youth and staff in terms of safety, school protocols and police protocols."

Michelle and Bob Gay were in the process of relocating from Connecticut to Sudbury when their daughter Josephine was among those killed in the Sandy Hook shootings. Michelle, along with Alissa Parker, co-founded Safe and Sound in honor of their daughters. Gay honors her daughter’s memory by speaking across the country and sharing her inspiring story and message of hope and empowerment.

Nix was instrumental in implementing the STARS school safety program in the Sudbury schools in 2014.