Petition to bring back SROs

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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.

Weren't those cops black men?
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.

Weren't those cops black men?


Yes. So all cops are threatening.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.


County voters continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.


County voters continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.


It's amazing how many people on here complain about MCPS and the rise of crime, violence, etc. when they themselves voted for the corrupt politicians who put the schools in this position in the first place. Head scratcher.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.

Weren't those cops black men?


Yes, majority of the SROs at MCPS were black and latino men (and a couple of women). So I guess the minorities were afraid of minorities.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.


County voters continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.


Actually, the problem is a bit more nuanced than that.

The county voters get re-elected due to high levels of voter apathy who believe nothing can or will ever change, so they don't bother to vote. As of now, only 51% of eligible voters turned out in the 2022 elections. Let those number get to the 60s and 70s, and you'd see different results.

The current lackluster mismanagement by elected officials who skate by on re-election with small margins is only enabled because of low voter turnout. Which is absolutely the citizens' fault, but also the fault of the system which is so dysfunctional that people decide not participating is the best choice to make since nothing will ever change anyway.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.

Weren't those cops black men?


Yes, majority of the SROs at MCPS were black and latino men (and a couple of women). So I guess the minorities were afraid of minorities.


Yes, good point. The SROs weren't typically white men....so people were really making opinions based on a stereotype that wasn't even the norm in our county.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.


County voters continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.


Actually, the problem is a bit more nuanced than that.

The county officials get re-elected due to high levels of voter apathy who believe nothing can or will ever change, so they don't bother to vote. As of now, only 51% of eligible voters turned out in the 2022 elections. Let those number get to the 60s and 70s, and you'd see different results.

The current lackluster mismanagement by elected officials who skate by on re-election with small margins is only enabled because of low voter turnout. Which is absolutely the citizens' fault, but also the fault of the system which is so dysfunctional that people decide not participating is the best choice to make since nothing will ever change anyway.


*Correction
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


It's not their job to discipline. That is the job of the administration and teachers and PARENTS.

How about all the positive things SRO's do every day. Clearly it was safer in years past with SRO's.


Tell that to Tyre Nichols. So much police violence these days. I'd hesitate to have them near my children.


I doubt my kids would feel safe either around police. Police against minorities does not appear to be getting better.

Weren't those cops black men?


Yes, majority of the SROs at MCPS were black and latino men (and a couple of women). So I guess the minorities were afraid of minorities.


Yes, good point. The SROs weren't typically white men....so people were really making opinions based on a stereotype that wasn't even the norm in our county.


The SROs were police officers. So people were making opinions based on facts that were facts.
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Anonymous wrote:The SRO's are not wanted because they are required to involve police in matters which the school want to keep things hush hush. The more arrests, assaults, etc... the worse the school looks. Now do I think teachers and staff want them? Yes. Does administration and central? Absolutely not


This is so true. Do you know a MCPS school is not mandated to contact the police when there is a rape on campus? Right now schools are barely contacting police for things police should be contacted for.

Interesting question. CPS mandatory reporting could be involved. Title IX gets involved. But MCPS is explicitly not a crime fighting agency.


Statistically, SROs rarely of any benefit. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs present and that didn't help matters.

Most experts believe they actually make things worse, and their presence escalates or increases the death toll.



SROs have been criticized for not effectively addressing discipline issues and creating a negative school environment, leading to higher rates of criminalization and arrests for minor offenses, and having a limited positive impact on school safety.


This claim has been tossed around by the anti-police politicians of Montgomery County. The fact is, only 3% of incidents handled by or reported to SROs led to arrests. The fact is that ALL MCPS HS principals wanted to keep SROs and warned about the negative implications of removing them. The fact is many many students in particular students with no role model outside the school looked to SROs as people they could turn to. The fact is they never surveyed all students and staff who would be impacted by this change. A few politicians who don't even have kids at MCPS made this decision solely because THEY thought their opinions mattered more than the people in the schools.


Alternatively, county officials elected by county voters (and since re-elected by those voters) made a county budget decision to discontinue funding for county police officer positions in public schools.


And hence everything that we're seeing- the rise in crimes, drug use, and violence at the schools are a result of county voters continuing to vote for politicians who don't give a crap about MCPS staff, students, and safety. Period.


County voters continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.


Actually, the problem is a bit more nuanced than that.

The county voters get re-elected due to high levels of voter apathy who believe nothing can or will ever change, so they don't bother to vote. As of now, only 51% of eligible voters turned out in the 2022 elections. Let those number get to the 60s and 70s, and you'd see different results.

The current lackluster mismanagement by elected officials who skate by on re-election with small margins is only enabled because of low voter turnout. Which is absolutely the citizens' fault, but also the fault of the system which is so dysfunctional that people decide not participating is the best choice to make since nothing will ever change anyway.


Correction: county voters, whom you disparage, continue to vote for elected officials you don't support, for reasons you don't support.
Anonymous
Do any of you know students falsely arrested by SRO’s? I do.

Do you know any students pulled into the police station to be questioned because of wrong info provided by STO’s? I do.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Do any of you know students falsely arrested by SRO’s? I do.

Do you know any students pulled into the police station to be questioned because of wrong info provided by STO’s? I do.


Do you know of kids who feel that security at MCPS high schools is lacking? I do.

Do you know of any kids who feel that the bathrooms aren't safe to use because of the unchecked drug use and violence going on in there? I do.

Do you know of any kids who feel MCPS administration don't care about their safety and wellbeing and do nothing to curb or stop the bad behavior that disrupts their educational experience routinely? I do.
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