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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you watch nothing else, please watch the recent graduate recount how her relationship and trust in her SRO helped her face a crisis moment where a bunch of cops showed up at her house.   Minute 31.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpNd8ecOVyI [/quote]
Policy by anecdote is bad policy. Good TV, but still bad policy.[/quote]

Anecdote is the sole reason Elrich pulled them out.    Then violence skyrocketed and there was a school shooting.   [/quote]

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Anecdote is why we lost SROs in the first place. If you watch the link above, you’ll see that it provides pro-SRO anecdotes to balance the echo chamber anecdotes that led to Elrich’s decision in the first place. The video also provides some MCPS-specific statistics, which were largely ignored by Elrich and the council. [/quote]

Violence was about the same but pro-SRO posters kept highlighting every incident to make it seem that way. Putting them back won't really solve anything. It simply is a way to divert more funds from education into other pockets.[/quote]

Violence absolutely was not the same.  The stats from the first half of the year show an increase in violent crime.   And if you have been following the news at all, you know it's been a nightmare at many schools.   Beating a security guard, massive fight at Seneca Valley, attempted sodomy in the Wootton boys locker room,  several guns recovered, at least one stabbing, and more.   I don't care about drugs or petty theft.   But the violence needs to be stopped.

There is no cost to putting SROs back in schools.  They are already assigned as CEOs, but cannot really spend time developing the nonenforcement relationships with students that help prevent the violence.   Their cost is also paid out of the police department budget and costs MCPS absolutely nothing.   Never has.  [/quote]

+1 to all of this. SROs aren’t event paid through MCPS.

To the “SROs won’t solve anything” poster above, I recommend you watch the recording of last night’s forum. You’ll hear a lot about what SROs have done and what they can do. [/quote]

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