I'd like to see the cops out of the schools, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Unless of course more people get tired of cops arresting kids in school and start suing. Lawsuits seem to be the only things that bring about change in this country.
No one can "put a hand" on my child, except my wife or I. That is the law in our state. On a practical level I think that is a good law. On a personal level I was beaten by a psychopathic teacher in first grade, as were all the "bad boys" in my class, as had all the "bad boys" in her first grade for the two previous years. She was fired as a result of parents complaints, but hired by a nearby school district anyway. Thus, I would not support corporal punishment by teachers in general.
Despite this I have raised two daughters to ages 20 and 14 without either *needing* to be hit by anyone. Neither has been suspended, arrested, accused or participated in anything that concerned the school. The youngest is a straight A student.
My post is about what I consider the appropriate response of a concerned parent to out of control school administrators and police. My only concern, in such a situation would be to ensure it never happened again. What happened was very, very dangerous. An innocent child could easily have been shot by a police officer who mis-handled his weapon, mistook a pager for a gun, or what ever other excuse they commonly use.
My response to this really is probably not enough for you to speculate on my ability to raise kids, which I assure is is excellent!