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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In some areas, schools are discussing the idea of getting rid of their school resources officers (school based cops)  I teach at a pretty rough school and have had to call for security a few times in response to fights breaking out between my students. Who would handle these situations if they get rid of the SRO’s?  Do they really expect teachers to get in the middle of fights between 16-18 year old males, some of whom are quite large. I also am afraid that their will be more incidents of fighting if there was no longer any security. I haven’t heard that my district is considering this, but I’m worried that this might actually become an idea that spreads. [/quote]

I've worked at schools where security are school district employees, and where they are SRO's.  I prefer the former, so my preference would be to have schools hire and train their own employees, and develop their expertise in the age group, and make them part of the school culture.

I agree that there continues to need to be security in the building.  I just don't agree that police are the people to provide that security.[/quote]

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