Volusia County sheriff Mike Chitwood posted mugshots and videos of Florida students getting perp walked after being arrested for making threats of school shootings.

His efforts to name and shame has stirred debate, with some accusing the Florida sheriff of being a "vigilante" and others defending the move.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood keeps naming and shaming children accused of school violence threats. Here's why that is unusual.

The sheriff also wants parents to pay for their kids making threats that cost his office time and money to check out.

Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child’s school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde — or any other town hit by mass shootings.