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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While reports should go to police, I think youre seeing the issue backwards. If the police choose not to investigate, then MCPS doesn't either. But that's not how it should be. The teacher's behavior might not rise to the level of a crime, but they can still pose a danger to students. Regardless of what the police or CPS chooses to do or not do, MCPS should conduct a thorough investigation. If they're too short staffed to do that, then they need to hire more staff.  [/quote]
Thanks for that...I don't have direct experience in these matters, so not sure what's done and not done by MCPS or police. I would think that the police, if they got complaint #3 about Teacher X (even if it's a grey area like 'accidental' touching), would look in their files and say, "hm, we have 3 separate reports of Teacher X doing this, so we should look into it." If I were a parent or victim going to the police, I would think it is within my right to know whether I am the first one to come forward or not about Teacher X. But I don't know how these records, laws, and practices work in reality. 
With all the hype about Artificial Intelligence, you'd think that there could be a way that police records could be run through some sort of program to review and scan for patterns that identify such behaviors and recommend further investigation. I suppose since police departments are limited to their own jurisdiction, and predators may move around, this wouldn't catch everything, but still...It brings to mind Apple's new effort to scan phones for child-pornography photos (which is admittedly controversial, but still a way to use tech to put pieces together...)[/quote]

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