Petition to bring back SROs

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

Nope. Some of us are just concerned parents with kids in the school system. I actually am very anti-gun, but I live in reality and I know that there are hundreds of millions of guns in this country. I know they are in our schools. I can say “I want gun reform” until I’m out of breath. That won’t take away the guns (and ghost guns) in this region. It won’t take away the people with ill intent who plan to use them. Until someone can make this a gun-free utopia, I want my children as safe from harm as can be. That includes having SROs in schools.

+1 I'm all for stricter gun laws, evening banning all guns, but until this is a reality, I'm for SROs.

THIS. I freaking hate guns! But you know what I hate even more? Schools where my kids are not safe and don't feel safe.

Well MCPS has SRO’s so… it’s a moot point.

MCPS has CEOs. They are not dedicated to the HS, which SROs were. They are also not allowed to walk the halls, SROs were.

CEO’s are SRO’s they are sworn officers, the exact ones that were SRO’s with 40 hours more training.

They are assigned HS’s as a team so you now have 3-4 so there is backup for sick days, more coverage.

They are allowed to walk the hallways. They are not allowed to get involved in disciplinary issues.

There are no 'teams". Where are you getting this stuff from. Our cluster has ONE CEO who alternates between the schools.

Exactly. One CEO spread among schools.

Before:

The Montgomery County Department of Police School Resource Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers as well as one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the cadre of School Resource Officers for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The School Resource Officers are assigned one to each of these schools. Additionally, when available, the School Resource Officers provide coverage to 40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools.

Now:
The Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers, one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the School Resource/ Community Engagement Officers cadre for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system, has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The Community Engagement Officers are assigned to a cluster of schools, typically including one of the High Schools and its respective feeder schools (40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools).

The concerning language:

CEOs will:
- Check-in daily at every high school
- Be assigned to a cluster of schools, not a particular location

CEOs will not:
- Be permanently stationed inside any school.
- Randomly walk through school hallways.

Last page of:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/security-new/220426-MCPS-Police-MOU-CEO.pdf

You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that the CEO is comparable to the SRO under these conditions.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

Nope. Some of us are just concerned parents with kids in the school system. I actually am very anti-gun, but I live in reality and I know that there are hundreds of millions of guns in this country. I know they are in our schools. I can say “I want gun reform” until I’m out of breath. That won’t take away the guns (and ghost guns) in this region. It won’t take away the people with ill intent who plan to use them. Until someone can make this a gun-free utopia, I want my children as safe from harm as can be. That includes having SROs in schools.

+1 I'm all for stricter gun laws, evening banning all guns, but until this is a reality, I'm for SROs.

THIS. I freaking hate guns! But you know what I hate even more? Schools where my kids are not safe and don't feel safe.

Well MCPS has SRO’s so… it’s a moot point.

MCPS has CEOs. They are not dedicated to the HS, which SROs were. They are also not allowed to walk the halls, SROs were.

CEO’s are SRO’s they are sworn officers, the exact ones that were SRO’s with 40 hours more training.

They are assigned HS’s as a team so you now have 3-4 so there is backup for sick days, more coverage.

They are allowed to walk the hallways. They are not allowed to get involved in disciplinary issues.

There are no 'teams". Where are you getting this stuff from. Our cluster has ONE CEO who alternates between the schools.

Exactly. One CEO spread among schools.

Before:

The Montgomery County Department of Police School Resource Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers as well as one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the cadre of School Resource Officers for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The School Resource Officers are assigned one to each of these schools. Additionally, when available, the School Resource Officers provide coverage to 40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools.

Now:
The Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers, one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the School Resource/ Community Engagement Officers cadre for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system, has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The Community Engagement Officers are assigned to a cluster of schools, typically including one of the High Schools and its respective feeder schools (40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools).

The concerning language:

CEOs will:
- Check-in daily at every high school
- Be assigned to a cluster of schools, not a particular location

CEOs will not:
- Be permanently stationed inside any school.
- Randomly walk through school hallways.

Last page of:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/security-new/220426-MCPS-Police-MOU-CEO.pdf

You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that the CEO is comparable to the SRO under these conditions.

Still no different than SROs

They are at HS’s daily
They also cover elementary and middle schools.
They are also permanently assigned inside high schools with a place to sit.
They will not randomly walk through schools with no purpose, but they will build relationships with student and participate in school-based events such as career days, assemblies, study circles, and other staff/student events.
Enhance relationships and community engagement
Gang awareness and outreach to at risk students
Except,

The appropriate law enforcement agency (SVU not SROs) will take the lead on deaths, rapes, etc. the cops trained to handle these will take the lead not the SRO who are not trained to investigate these matters.

And they can’t randomly walk around with no purpose.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

I thought the same thing. This is such an NRA theme and those guys love to push their pro gun agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

I thought the same thing. This is such an NRA theme and those guys love to push their pro gun agenda.

I hate guns, yet want SROs at my children’s schools. Some of us just see logic in having as many resources as possible at school for our children.

[Anonymous]

There should be an SRO officer at every high school and middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

I thought the same thing. This is such an NRA theme and those guys love to push their pro gun agenda.

Police officers having guns is not NRA theme. SRO are not MCPS employees, they are police officers. So the logic makes no sense

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

Nope. Some of us are just concerned parents with kids in the school system. I actually am very anti-gun, but I live in reality and I know that there are hundreds of millions of guns in this country. I know they are in our schools. I can say “I want gun reform” until I’m out of breath. That won’t take away the guns (and ghost guns) in this region. It won’t take away the people with ill intent who plan to use them. Until someone can make this a gun-free utopia, I want my children as safe from harm as can be. That includes having SROs in schools.

+1 I'm all for stricter gun laws, evening banning all guns, but until this is a reality, I'm for SROs.

THIS. I freaking hate guns! But you know what I hate even more? Schools where my kids are not safe and don't feel safe.

Well MCPS has SRO’s so… it’s a moot point.

MCPS has CEOs. They are not dedicated to the HS, which SROs were. They are also not allowed to walk the halls, SROs were.

CEO’s are SRO’s they are sworn officers, the exact ones that were SRO’s with 40 hours more training.

They are assigned HS’s as a team so you now have 3-4 so there is backup for sick days, more coverage.

They are allowed to walk the hallways. They are not allowed to get involved in disciplinary issues.

There are no 'teams". Where are you getting this stuff from. Our cluster has ONE CEO who alternates between the schools.

Exactly. One CEO spread among schools.

Before:

The Montgomery County Department of Police School Resource Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers as well as one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the cadre of School Resource Officers for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The School Resource Officers are assigned one to each of these schools. Additionally, when available, the School Resource Officers provide coverage to 40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools.

Now:
The Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers, one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the School Resource/ Community Engagement Officers cadre for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system, has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The Community Engagement Officers are assigned to a cluster of schools, typically including one of the High Schools and its respective feeder schools (40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools).

The concerning language:

CEOs will:
- Check-in daily at every high school
- Be assigned to a cluster of schools, not a particular location

CEOs will not:
- Be permanently stationed inside any school.
- Randomly walk through school hallways.

Last page of:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/security-new/220426-MCPS-Police-MOU-CEO.pdf

You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that the CEO is comparable to the SRO under these conditions.

Still no different than SROs

They are at HS’s daily
They also cover elementary and middle schools.
They are also permanently assigned inside high schools with a place to sit.
They will not randomly walk through schools with no purpose, but they will build relationships with student and participate in school-based events such as career days, assemblies, study circles, and other staff/student events.
Enhance relationships and community engagement
Gang awareness and outreach to at risk students
Except,

The appropriate law enforcement agency (SVU not SROs) will take the lead on deaths, rapes, etc. the cops trained to handle these will take the lead not the SRO who are not trained to investigate these matters.

And they can’t randomly walk around with no purpose.

Checking in at a high school once daily is NOT the same as being present during the day. Surely you understand that. As for having an office, so what? I want presence. I want them in the hallways and not hidden in some closet. I want them assigned directly to schools and not to clusters. I want them to be the same trusted school community members they once were, before a small but vocal group decided to get them removed.

This is a poor replacement.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

Nope. Some of us are just concerned parents with kids in the school system. I actually am very anti-gun, but I live in reality and I know that there are hundreds of millions of guns in this country. I know they are in our schools. I can say “I want gun reform” until I’m out of breath. That won’t take away the guns (and ghost guns) in this region. It won’t take away the people with ill intent who plan to use them. Until someone can make this a gun-free utopia, I want my children as safe from harm as can be. That includes having SROs in schools.

+1 I'm all for stricter gun laws, evening banning all guns, but until this is a reality, I'm for SROs.

THIS. I freaking hate guns! But you know what I hate even more? Schools where my kids are not safe and don't feel safe.

Well MCPS has SRO’s so… it’s a moot point.

MCPS has CEOs. They are not dedicated to the HS, which SROs were. They are also not allowed to walk the halls, SROs were.

CEO’s are SRO’s they are sworn officers, the exact ones that were SRO’s with 40 hours more training.

They are assigned HS’s as a team so you now have 3-4 so there is backup for sick days, more coverage.

They are allowed to walk the hallways. They are not allowed to get involved in disciplinary issues.

There are no 'teams". Where are you getting this stuff from. Our cluster has ONE CEO who alternates between the schools.

Exactly. One CEO spread among schools.

Before:

The Montgomery County Department of Police School Resource Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers as well as one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the cadre of School Resource Officers for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The School Resource Officers are assigned one to each of these schools. Additionally, when available, the School Resource Officers provide coverage to 40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools.

Now:
The Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers, one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the School Resource/ Community Engagement Officers cadre for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system, has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The Community Engagement Officers are assigned to a cluster of schools, typically including one of the High Schools and its respective feeder schools (40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools).

The concerning language:

CEOs will:
- Check-in daily at every high school
- Be assigned to a cluster of schools, not a particular location

CEOs will not:
- Be permanently stationed inside any school.
- Randomly walk through school hallways.

Last page of:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/security-new/220426-MCPS-Police-MOU-CEO.pdf

You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that the CEO is comparable to the SRO under these conditions.

Still no different than SROs

They are at HS’s daily
They also cover elementary and middle schools.
They are also permanently assigned inside high schools with a place to sit.
They will not randomly walk through schools with no purpose, but they will build relationships with student and participate in school-based events such as career days, assemblies, study circles, and other staff/student events.
Enhance relationships and community engagement
Gang awareness and outreach to at risk students
Except,

The appropriate law enforcement agency (SVU not SROs) will take the lead on deaths, rapes, etc. the cops trained to handle these will take the lead not the SRO who are not trained to investigate these matters.

And they can’t randomly walk around with no purpose.

Checking in at a high school once daily is NOT the same as being present during the day. Surely you understand that. As for having an office, so what? I want presence. I want them in the hallways and not hidden in some closet. I want them assigned directly to schools and not to clusters. I want them to be the same trusted school community members they once were, before a small but vocal group decided to get them removed.

This is a poor replacement.

Yes they are present every day, sometime they get called away to the middle school but good news they have a back up if needed. This was true for STOs too.

An office is important because they stay in the school instead of sitting in their car to write reports.

They are not in closets.

SROs were assigned always assigned to clusters that is no different.

They are not only the same community trusted members they are literally the same person.

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That's great! And all, but meanwhile SROs at parkland and uvalde sit by while students are gunned down. They just don't help reduce school violence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be an SRO officer at every high school and middle school.

+1 yes, and I'm fine with them walking the hallways.

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Anonymous wrote:There should be an SRO officer at every high school and middle school.

+1 yes, and I'm fine with them walking the hallways.

since they only make schools less safe it's kind of a bad idea

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That's great! And all, but meanwhile SROs at parkland and uvalde sit by while students are gunned down. They just don't help reduce school violence.

Ahh, we wondering when you were going to show up today

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Anonymous wrote:There should be an SRO officer at every high school and middle school.

+1 yes, and I'm fine with them walking the hallways.

since they only make schools less safe it's kind of a bad idea

Post proof, and it can’t be about Parkland or Uvalde. Bonus points if your data is actually related to MCPS, since that’s the subject of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:The family of the Magruder student who was shot is suing the MCPS Board of Ed and the Montgomery County Council for not providing safety measures that could've prevented the shooting, in particular, an SRO: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mother-of-magruder-shooting-victim-sues-school-county

I guess they never heard about Parkland or Uvalde, where the presence of SROs failed to make a difference.

You're awake! Happy Friday! So how many times will you mention Parkland and Uvalde today? That would be a fun game.

DP. I saw the Parkland and Uvalde response and thought the same thing. It’s the only thing this poster seems to be able to fall back on as an argument.

The failures of SROs present at both Parkland and Uvalde illustrate how SROs aren't going to make a school safe which seems to be the whole argument for them.

This is like saying all cops are bad because of the actions of a few, or all black kids are bad because the actions of a few. Or that gun laws don't stop mass killings so why have gun laws. You are using the same logic as gun nutters use. Like I said before, you progressive liberals are no different than the right wing extremists.. just opposite sides of the same extremist coin.

What happened in FL has nothing to do with what happens in MCPS. FL doesn't have the same kind of oversight on the police that MoCo does.

No not really. It's like saying over 90% of the major school shooting where SROs were present they did not have the positive impact that their advocates suggested which makes me think we're going about this wrong. Maybe instead of putting more guns in school we should consider real gun reform.

The NRA lobby loves SROs. That's actually their answer to school shootings. I can't help but wonder if this never ending stream of pro-SRO posts are from their lobbyists.

Nope. Some of us are just concerned parents with kids in the school system. I actually am very anti-gun, but I live in reality and I know that there are hundreds of millions of guns in this country. I know they are in our schools. I can say “I want gun reform” until I’m out of breath. That won’t take away the guns (and ghost guns) in this region. It won’t take away the people with ill intent who plan to use them. Until someone can make this a gun-free utopia, I want my children as safe from harm as can be. That includes having SROs in schools.

+1 I'm all for stricter gun laws, evening banning all guns, but until this is a reality, I'm for SROs.

THIS. I freaking hate guns! But you know what I hate even more? Schools where my kids are not safe and don't feel safe.

Well MCPS has SRO’s so… it’s a moot point.

MCPS has CEOs. They are not dedicated to the HS, which SROs were. They are also not allowed to walk the halls, SROs were.

CEO’s are SRO’s they are sworn officers, the exact ones that were SRO’s with 40 hours more training.

They are assigned HS’s as a team so you now have 3-4 so there is backup for sick days, more coverage.

They are allowed to walk the hallways. They are not allowed to get involved in disciplinary issues.

There are no 'teams". Where are you getting this stuff from. Our cluster has ONE CEO who alternates between the schools.

Exactly. One CEO spread among schools.

Before:

The Montgomery County Department of Police School Resource Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers as well as one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the cadre of School Resource Officers for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The School Resource Officers are assigned one to each of these schools. Additionally, when available, the School Resource Officers provide coverage to 40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools.

Now:
The Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officer Program consists of 23 sworn officers, one officer from the Rockville City Police Department, one officer from the Gaithersburg Police Department, and one deputy sheriff from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. These 26 sworn officers represent the School Resource/ Community Engagement Officers cadre for Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public School system, has 25 High Schools and 1 Alternative Learning School. The Community Engagement Officers are assigned to a cluster of schools, typically including one of the High Schools and its respective feeder schools (40 Middle Schools and 135 Elementary Schools).

The concerning language:

CEOs will:
- Check-in daily at every high school
- Be assigned to a cluster of schools, not a particular location

CEOs will not:
- Be permanently stationed inside any school.
- Randomly walk through school hallways.

Last page of:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/security-new/220426-MCPS-Police-MOU-CEO.pdf

You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that the CEO is comparable to the SRO under these conditions.

Still no different than SROs

They are at HS’s daily
They also cover elementary and middle schools.
They are also permanently assigned inside high schools with a place to sit.
They will not randomly walk through schools with no purpose, but they will build relationships with student and participate in school-based events such as career days, assemblies, study circles, and other staff/student events.
Enhance relationships and community engagement
Gang awareness and outreach to at risk students
Except,

The appropriate law enforcement agency (SVU not SROs) will take the lead on deaths, rapes, etc. the cops trained to handle these will take the lead not the SRO who are not trained to investigate these matters.

And they can’t randomly walk around with no purpose.

Checking in at a high school once daily is NOT the same as being present during the day. Surely you understand that. As for having an office, so what? I want presence. I want them in the hallways and not hidden in some closet. I want them assigned directly to schools and not to clusters. I want them to be the same trusted school community members they once were, before a small but vocal group decided to get them removed.

This is a poor replacement.

You don’t actually think they are just checking in at 8 am then going to Dunkin’ Donuts do you?

They are present everyday all day. They must connect with the front office daily which is not what they did in the past.