Posted on 09/07/2023 11:23:27 AM PDT by DallasBiff
MINNEAPOLIS — When students go back to class Tuesday, some schools will be without their school resource officers (SROs). Some police departments are pulling officers over a new law that restricts what holds an officer can use on violent students.
Gov. Tim Walz is now indicating he may call the legislature back into a special session over the issue.
At issue is the wording in a new state law that says officers can not use face-down holds, including kneeling on a student's neck. Republicans want a special session called to change that language.
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I saw SRO & wondered how “Standing Room Only” applied to schools.
The kind of kids mainstreamed today would have been in reform school or prison or killed in your day
His latest is from Wednesday Sept. 6th 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbpBKiqXFb8
(His son Kyle (RIP) is the artist performing bumper/intro)
He discusses the SRO issue at the 15 minute mark and again 4 hours later. Many towns/cities LEOs are pulling the SRO’s due to safety and liability issues.
I watch most every Friday night at 21:11(9:11) hrs. CDT Minnesota time.
Usually starts late, they chase children car thiefs that often have guns. The Sheriff usually allows his deputies to chase and many are trained to PIT. It is the real deal and sometimes it gets boring but the Sheriff has good stories he tells.
Huge difference in crime between St. Paul and Minneapolis just across the river. ‘Fletch’ may be a conservative(not sure) but in Minnesota that looks kinda liberal to me.
One thing that keeps me coming back to this show is seeing many of the amazing churches in St. Paul.
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