Historically it is down compared over decades. We (like the whole world) have had a spike recently. If you can solve the problem you can sell it to the whole universe and retire. |
I suspect you are the last person I would want to be forced to depend on in a real crisis. You seem super anxious and unable to control your emotional response to situations. |
To be fair back in the 80s even if someone brought a gun to school the concept that the person with the gun would go through the school and just start opening fire was unheard of. Present day, you hear gun in school and your first thought is there is going to be an active shooter. |
An SRO wouldn't have handled this situation alone, they would have waited for backup. If they're trained to assess risk, they wouldn't approach a potentially volatile student who may be hiding a weapon, especially in a classroom full of students. Exactly the same response would have been implemented. Maybe the SRO would have been on the scene to direct officers when they arrived, but my kid would still have been locked down into her science classroom for half an hour, then marched out with her hands on her head, with police officers on either side of the single-file line. (yes, that's what happened today) Officers still would have gone into the art classroom, guns drawn, to apprehend the suspect. No way an SRO's presence changes a thing today. I'm not saying SROs don't do some good in certain circumstances, but it wouldn't have made a difference in a situation like today's. |
You either didn't read the article or have reading comprehension issues. Or, rather, you are pushing #fakenews in hopes that that lies become the truth so you can push your narrative of "some kids feel uncomfortable with SROs in the school". https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/02/md-school-resource-officer-shares-lessons-learned-after-student-brought-handgun/
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No, but SROs can build relationships with students, hear about what's going on, and act as a deterrent. Criminals generally don't commit crimes when a cop is present in the building. |
Really? Link please. "Sheinbein was the son of a lawyer and lived in the pleasant suburban Aspen Hill section of Montgomery County. " https://bethesdamagazine.com/2014/05/12/the-killer-next-door-samuel-sheinbein/ |
I’ve seen this nonsense on DCUM before. I’ve also responded to it by saying I have personally witnessed SROs stopping incidents, including one involving a knife in my classroom. Your statement that they “literally never stopped” anything is very, very false. We’ve also posted plenty of information about their training. It is true that all cops aren’t the same. SROs actually attend MORE training to prepare for school placements. You may not like them, and that’s fine. You just can’t make up stuff and pass it off as fact. |
Yeah DH grew up in flyover country and it was common for HS students to keep a gun in their locker to go hunting after school! Pre-Columbine, obviously.
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I'm telling you.. the tactic of pushing fake news as truth and hoping it then becomes "truth" in the public's collective minds works for both the right and left. |
| Re: Einstein. Kid said he had a gun but none was found. |
You mean spy on kids and try to build probable cause before a crime is committed? |
I’ve responded to you before and you are lying. |
You really aren’t willing to accept reality. Why is that? My situation is documented in this report: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/files/BTFR566C330D/$file/SROs%20%20Powerpoint-%20BOE%20(1)%20Final%209-14-2020.pdf And https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/files/BX4VD4802E1E/%24file/CEO%27s%20Rec%20School%20Safety%20and%20Security%20Report%2001142021.pdf I can back up my story quite easily since it was reported in school and county security reports. I assume you’ll pretend those don’t exist because… you don’t want to accept them? I was working for PGCPS at the time, a school system that overwhelming decided to keep SROs. (The reports will show that, too. You can ignore those facts as well, if you want to.) |
Is this because of all the mall cops they put in the schools? |