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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All students deserve to feel safe at school. We need more bodies in the high schools and I am happy the SRO's will be there and kids will see their presence.

I am not a Trumpie, but I do believe that schools need to feel safe which they don't right now.[/quote]

It's too bad. Most are rightly more afraid of the police than each other.[/quote]

They found a 17 year old kid dead in the woods a block from Seneca Valley high school yesterday.  You think it was the police?
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If only an SRO was at school the kid would be alive.

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He is alive idiot.[/quote]

The dead kid from behind Seneca valley is alive?[/quote]

I've noticed that the people who are most anti-SRO and andt-police are white liberals who have criminal family members who had run ins with the police.

The people least anti-police are mothers who work hard and try to raise their children in a better way than they had.

I wonder which one you are.[/quote]

Police that work with SRO's and know how useless the program is.[/quote]
Only criminals and anti-cops believe this.[/quote]

No actually people who actually understand the program think that.

Take the SRO's, make the ones that have no degree get one in psychology or education and pay for it, take away arrest powers and make them live under the same code of conduct at teachers.

SROs should only be involved in life saving events. They should not be glorified security guards, they should not be sitting in a room eating donuts, they should not be harassing kids for minor things that teachers can handle and principals should deal with.

If they can't do the minimum to be around kids they don't belong in schools.

They take washed up cops or ones that are not effective on the street or can't be trusted and they throw them in this program. Do not just take washups, recruit for this position, train for this position... act like it's not a second thought.[/quote]

It is clear you know nothing about the SRO program. I’m curious whether you’ve even had any interaction with an SRO. The council has done a beautiful job smearing the program. In reality, the SROs play a vital role in the school. They are not glorified security guards. (I should know. I worked for a long time in a school with both.)

You act as if SROs are poorly trained and/or should be feared. You are wrong. They are trained police. Outside of schools, the vast majority of police interactions contain absolutely no use of force… like close to 99% of interactions. And within schools? Even less. In Montgomery County during the 2019-2020 school year, they initiated only nine arrests county-wide. Just nine. They are NOT a threat to students. The data doesn’t back that up. People who know… like 100% of principals… know the value the SRO has to the school. If you still have concerns, particularly if/when they are reinstated, try talking to the school and the SRO. I suspect you’ll find that your concerns are unfounded.
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You know SRO’s are not required to have a 4year degree. You wouldn’t even allow a teacher to teach with that little education.

They are very poorly trained. They have no training for dealing with kids . If you think the 2-4 week training is “education” you should sit in on that too.

It’s not a use of fired issue and the fact you don’t know the difference Seuss means you need to educate yourself. Please read some scholarly articles and research on these programs.[/quote]

I'm the PP. Yes, of course I'm aware that SROs are not required to have a 4-year degree. I'm also aware that many people in MCPD have far more education than required, including many with advanced degrees. The same can be said for our substitute teachers who we place in front of students. They aren't required to have a college degree, but they often do... and have advanced degrees, as well. If one is okay in front of the students without a college degree, why not the other? As for "poorly trained," I would *love* to see your proof for that. What I happen to know is that the Safe to Learn Act (2018) requires a specialized SRO curriculum that focuses on promoting positive school climates, interactions with students, disability awareness, and impicit bias training. I also know that this is required on TOP of all other police training: the academy, the regular in-service trainings, etc. As for "use of force," the reason that is relevant is because of your previous statements that to have SROs we should take away their arrest powers because they might go around harassing students. That suggests you think police are dangerous. The "use of force" argument was to counter that since it proves that in the vast majority of interactions... they clearly aren't. Hopefully I've proven that I have educated myself on this subject. As somebody who teaches research skills for a living, trust that I've looked at a few scholarly articles. [/quote]

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