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Anonymous
Bingo. The revisionist history that tries to claim they "never" went away is patently false. They did. But Elrich and the Council realized their mistake quickly when serious incidents in schools started piling up and they tried to walk back their decision without stating they were walking it back. |
Anonymous
Honestly, I wish someone with time on their hands would assemble the data about school calls when SROs were in school, during the period between SROs and CEOs, and then since. It would be really useful for these discussions. |
Anonymous
That absolutely did not “disband”…. SROs were in school parking lots for 1 year until they created changes based on issues identified. The next year SRO’s (the exact same humans) were brought back into schools, no longer involved in discipline, only do police work and have backup and renamed. |
Anonymous
They never went away. They were in the parking lot for 1 year, they went back into schools the next year and we implemented the exact same plan as PGPS. |
Anonymous
You are sorely mistaken. SROs are no longer a part of schools- not the way they were previously implemented. The SROs were dedicated solely to ONE high school. THey were cops trained specifically to deal with youth, and who were very much involved in the school. They helped staff, the kids knew them, and they were a trusted source acting as a role model to many kids who didn't have one. This model is gone. Since the dismantling of the SRO model, we have seen an uptick in violence and crime at schools. |
Anonymous
Do you prefer the term "suspended" to "disbanded"? Either way, they were pulled out of the schools and weren't doing the work they'd previously been doing. |
Anonymous
You are the one who is completely wrong. |
Anonymous
Anti-SRO PP, You can change reality all you want. It doesn’t ACTUALLY change reality. Those of us posting about the demise of the SRO program are very well versed in what ACTUALLY happened. Posting your make-believe isn’t going to convince anybody. |
Anonymous
I’m not anti-SRO. I’m for cops in schools, the exact same cops who were in schools 5 years ago are still there. they are in schools and they are called CEOs and they are doing a great job. Your make believe narrative “cops are not in schools” is wrong and insane. |
Anonymous
Elrich himself used "removed from schools language" and it was in MULTIPLE NEWS REPORTS. You are spinning your own reality. Do you work for Elrich or Jawando's offices? SOURCE: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/04/montgomery-co-schools-law-enforcement-formalize-agreement-on-police-role-in-schools/
Here's another source saying SROs were removed from schools: SOURCE: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/community-engagement-officers-montgomery-county-public-schools/65-8475c60e-4c4f-4bed-9c46-6b6d07245532
SOURCE: https://moco360.media/2022/04/01/what-you-need-to-know-about-police-officers-in-montgomery-county-schools/
SOURCE: https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/montgomery-county-public-schools-school-resource-officers-police-council-marc-elrich-students-parents-study-feedback-hybrid-program
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Anonymous
That’s exactly what I said. They were put in the parking lots for 1 year. Out if schools. They came back the next year with offices in the school, with backup for when they are out, rotating through schools for oversight, going to younger schools to build relationships and removed from discipline. Better program modeled after what PG county dues. Sorry but we have cops in schools. Go back to banning books. |
Anonymous
dp... here's what we know: 1. Elrich and the progressives got rid of SROs BEFORE a study could be completed, and instead said they'd hire more mental health professionals. Elrich then says that he wouldn't have pulled out the SROs had he known that MCPS could not fully staff the mental health counselors. Basically, he shot his load too quickly. A year out, they couldn't even hire half the mental health professional, even though ALL the principals wanted to keep them. https://moco360.media/2022/04/01/what-you-need-to-know-about-police-officers-in-montgomery-county-schools/
https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/montgomery-county-public-schools-school-resource-officers-police-council-marc-elrich-students-parents-study-feedback-hybrid-program 2. Two years out, we see an uptick in violence in schools, including incidents involving guns - they bring back cops as CEOs but they have to stay in their office until the Principal calls them 3. we see an ever increasing incidents of violence in schools What's it going to take for them to go back to full SRO? A mass shooting? |
Anonymous
Not really. They realized that the SRO program was problematic since these programs simply don't work. The CEO program made more sense. |
Anonymous
The SROs at Parkland and Uvalde failed to do much to stop those incidents. SROs are clearly not the answer. |
Anonymous
According to who? We're about to find out if Elrich/Jawando's POV on SROs was right since DeAndre Thomas's mother believes her son was shot at Magruder because MCPS removed SROs from schools: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/mcps-sued-by-family-of-magruder-high-shooting-victim/65-a50f90de-439b-4092-ae28-21708b75fe8c There's the opportunity to settle the case in April but if they don't settle, it's going to trial in June. We're about to find out what worked or didn't work in a true legal sense if this case moves forward vs uninformed and unsubstantiated opinions and theories. |