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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh more facts - I read through the other link from a PP with the 12 case studies of where SROs were helpful in preventing a shooting incident. Of those 12 studies, which the authors apparently found to be the best 12 examples they could find, only 3 of them had the SRO in any sort of physical role during the event, such as defending someone or apprehending a suspect. The others were mostly cited as being involved because students told them about planned attacks, and they then told other law enforcement and helped with the investigation. Reading the narratives, administrators, custodial staff, and students were at least as helpful in preventing tragedy during almost every incident as the SRO.[/quote]

So can I ask you something? Are you ok with invalidating the opinions of all 25 high school principals of MCPS because of a study or 2 that aren't relevant to MCPS? How about the data that points to the fact that only 3 percent of arrests made at MCPS schools when there were SROs were initiated by SROs?[/quote]

In general I'm usually ok with weighing evidence over opinion, yeah. I've found like four studies so far. They're not MCPS specific, true, is there something unique about our SROs that I don't know about? I have no idea what data you're referring to about arrests so if you could share it I could tell you whether it seems compelling. [/quote]

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