What is MCPS doing to make schools safer?
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Anonymous
Neat. What percentage of the very, very long list of school shootings in the US since the 90s were stopped by SROs? Hint: damn few. |
Anonymous
| My kids have gone to three different schools over the last decade. Each one has cameras buzzers heavy steel security doors. They enforce a strict policy to keep the building secure. I don't think you can even be a parent volunteer without a background check these days. I've even gotten a couple emails about lockdown drills. This past week I've noticed police officers stationed at the school in the mornings when I've dropped them off. They have been doing everything imaginable that is within reason. The thing that not doing is passing gun control legislation but that's the GOP's fault. |
Anonymous
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Our school buzzes everyone in without asking why they are coming to the school and who they are. The second set of doors is usually propped open. Sometimes even the front set of doors are propped open.
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Anonymous
| MCPS will talk about improving safety then do nothing. Shouldn’t there be random unannounced inspections to check the security at schools? Your front line of defense are low payed secretaries who may or may not follow protocol. |
Anonymous
No there are not. There is not 1 story in MD where an SRO stopped a shooting. |
Anonymous
No the student went to a teacher who told the principal who told an SRO who called the police. The student could have told a teacher and the principal could have called the police. |
Anonymous
Actually none. |
Anonymous
MCPS is doing fine. The problem is the Republican party which is blocking the enactment of common-sense gun control to address these issues. |
Anonymous
School shootings typically involve assault style rifles, large magazines, and tons of ammo. SROs are seriously outgunned. Maybe instead of MCPS asking them to supply bus drivers, we should ask the National Guard to provide armed soldiers. |
Anonymous
Our does when it's a parent they know holding the hand of their 7-year-old whom they also know. They have a camera. |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
Its not as simple as just gun control. MCPS is not doing fine as they have lots of concerning incidents in the schools. The only reason why some care now is it is impacting the richer and W schools. |
Anonymous
The National Guard has better things to do than schools. It isn't their job. Its the job of the police. So by your logic, we should have multiple armed SRO's in each school. Fine with me. |
Anonymous
Here’s a report with some statistics for you: https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-w0903-pub.pdf It highlights 236 cases, of which 168 were adverted. It also contains twelve case studies of SRO-related events. On a personal level, I witnessed the SRO at my high school remove three knives and one gun from students, all taken without incident. He did a lot more than that, but those are the incidences I witnessed with my own eyes. The simple truth is there are many of us who have seen the value of SROs. We all know the MoCo council pulled SROs without actually surveying the community. Instead, they listened to a small, yet vocal group. We also know that the principals were unanimous in wanting them to remain. |
Anonymous
In almost every case in that truth the situation was diverted by a student, teacher, principal or behavioral specialist. Having an armed guard at a school is the #1 reason a psycho thinks they need an AR15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887654/ SROs make schools less safe. |