Posted on 02/21/2024 2:47:08 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A new California bill would require K-12 schools statewide to have at least one armed officer, also known as a school resource officer or SRO, on campus during regular school hours and other times students are present.
The American Civil Liberties Union has previously spoken out against having permanent police officers on public school campuses after a 2021 study detailed the dangers of having more police officers at public schools.
The report found that Black students’ arrest rates are 7.4 times higher, Latino students’ arrest rates are 6.9 times higher, and students with disabilities’ arrest rates are 4.6 times higher in schools with assigned law enforcement than in schools without.
The report also noted that Black, Latino and students with disabilities also had higher law enforcement referral rates.
“No school in California should have a permanent police officer. School districts should not be able to create their own police departments or reserve forces, nor should they coordinate with any outside law enforcement agency to station law enforcement on a school campus,” the organization recommended at the time.
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So - when LEOs are on-scene, more criminals are apprehended - and since not enough of the criminals are White, that makes it racist...
Chicago Board of Education votes to remove school resource police officers from CPS schools
ABC News Local ^ | February 22, 2024 | ByJessica D’Onofrio and Leah Hope
Posted on 2/22/2024, 3:39:48 PM by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago’s Board of Education made a decision Thursday on CPS school resource officers.
In a unanimous vote, Chicago’s Board of Education approved a plan to remove police officers from Chicago Public Schools, starting next school year.
Dozens of students who want to see police out of their schools rallied outside CPS headquarters Thursday morning.
CPS students from “Cops Out CPS” gathered to call on the Board of Education to remove police from schools and re-invest more than $10 million spent on police in school programs and resources.
Many students said the student resource officers are costly, ineffective and that the officers make them feel unsafe.
“It’s so important for me to speak up because I’m not able to speak up for my youth, they’re not gonna have the power to speak up so somebody needs to set the example so I’m gonna set the example for my youth to be able to speak up,” CPS student D’Andre Robinson said.
“We really need those funds so that Hyde Park can be a better place, other schools can be a better place,” CPS student Makayla Acevedo said. “My school does not have nursing programs...I don’t wanna have to go outside of high school to find resources just to build my goals to reach my goals.”
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com …
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