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A district-wide survey revealed 82% of its 13,000 respondents think SROs are important or very important to maintaining a safe learning environment.[/i]

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GET 'EM WITH THE RECEIPTS AND THE FACTS!

Montgomery County is the only county in the state of Maryland to do away with SROs by the way.[/quote]

Sounds like MoCo is the only county looking at actual data then since SROs are notoriously ineffective.[/quote]

Exactly, since every credible study concludes that they almost never improve matters and more often subject kids to greater risk.[/quote]
MCPS used data that showed SROs can help reduce violent crime in schools. [/quote]

Oh no, it was the exact opposite. That's why they got rid of them.[/quote]

SRO's were removed and crime and violence is up.  So, what is your solution to all this?  Why should our kids have fear going to school?  You do realize one reason why we don't have enough staff/filled positions is because of the issues in school.[/quote]

Crime is also up in the counties with SRO’s so the SRO’s are not the reason for the rise.[/quote]

No one is saying that is the reason for the rise, but at least there was another layer IN THE SCHOOLS to keep the students and staff safer.  So, what do you propose should happen to make MCPS safe for all students and staff.  No SRO's, no discipline, no consequences...you are ok with the free for all?  You must not care as you don't have kids in MCPS.[/quote]

Have you read the new plan?
Have you read the suggestions in this thread.

Do you know PG county fired 100+ security personnel and are hiring counselors?[/quote]

Cite the source - I mean all you anti SRO keep babbling and have no links like the for-SRO people do. [/quote]

It’s in the pot -SRO post saying “PG county kept SROs.

Did you even read it? It showed 1/5 arrests were false arrests.

They kept 1 SRO /HS, changed their role and removed security guards that were given arrest record

It’s pretty close to the same as the MCPS CEO program [/quote]

So are you going to cite your sources or keep babbling?  [/quote]

So what you are saying is that you don’t have or know where to find the SRO program for PG. County or the CEO program for MCPS?[/quote]

So…. you’re babbling [/quote]

So you haven’t read them and can’t link them here. Google is not that hard to use. Educate yourself.[/quote]

My goodness.  You literally were the first to bring it upwithout posting sources and then now you're turning it around asking US to post the links.  You are a MORON and doesn't deserve to be a part of this conversation.[/quote]

Agree anyone who thinks putting SROs in school is a good idea needs to educate themselves.[/quote]
And anyone who assumes all SROs are bad needs stop with the progressive BS and use some critical thinking skills.

Wouldn't it be better for a kid who does not feel comfortable around cops to interact with cops in a safe setting? The charter of SROs can change; you can put guardrails on their duties. But, it's better for kids to be comfortable with the police than see them as the enemy.

If a black boy is getting bullied, threatened, victim of theft. who is he going to turn to?  [/quote]

It's well documented that SROs don't reduce school violence and more often put kids at greater risk. Both Parkland and Uvalde had SROs and it didn't help either place. People suggesting otherwise need to stop pushing this regressive tripe and educate themselves.[/quote]
No, it isn't well documented. The study on it is not conclusive either way. There are pros and cons.  You need to educate yourself.

And you constantly bringing up Uvalde and parkland has zero to do with MCPS. It's like saying a handful of black kids being violent in MCPS means that all black kids are bad. See how that works?[/quote]

It is. In fact, SROs were present at the majority of school shootings and did nothing or made things worse.[/quote]

OH geez. Please do not force us to keep providing you with links to multiple news stories of how an SRO has helped prevent shootings or more.  We've done this already but there's nothing we can do when you refuse to see the truth. [/quote]

There is literally not one news story on this thread that shows that an SRO prevented a shooting.  Not one.[/quote]

There are plenty of stories that have been posted before.  Google is your friend.

Come up with something real.  What is your solution?

2018 an ARMED SRO stopped a shooting in MD:

https://www.police1.com/active-shooter/articles/armed-sro-stopped-md-school-shooting-2-students-shot-BvrrqaXiOdlQlnqq/

March 2022 SRO stopped shooting:

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/school-resource-officer-just-stopped-an-active-shooter/

Another:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/us/dixon-school-shooting.html
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Do you people even read past the headlines?

All of these show a huge failure on the SRO’s part.

But…, MCPS’s have SRO’s so what more do you want?[/quote]

Please explain how those are examples of SRO failures. [/quote]

The first one students alarmed a counselor. The counselor called the principal. The principal and an assistant principal went and got the student out of class and took them to their office. The SRO wasn’t even involved at this point.

Why didn’t the kid tell the SRO? Why didn’t the counselor call the SRO? The SRO I was finally called in and the student shot multiple people.

The second one wasn’t even a student. The number one job of an SRO is to make sure all the doors are locked and people aren’t entering the school that shouldn’t enter the school the SRO completely failed at this portion of their job.

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You will come up with anything to defend your position. Your interpretations do not matter. The news speaks for themselves.[/quote]

My position? Really? I support the CEO program which is SRO’s with a new name to quiet the anti-SRO crowd.

You seem to just be uneducated on the subject.[/quote]

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