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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the BS posted above is meaningless.

There is 1 SRO in all of the US in the history of SROs that has stopped a shooting. So, SRO's are not a reasonable "fault".

The only way they will win if they have history showing the shooter was a problem and he was not removed. [/quote]

"School resource officers (SROs) play an important role in school violence prevention. In nearly one-third of the
cases, an SRO played a role in either reporting the plot or responding to a report made by someone else. In eight
cases, it was the SRO who received the initial report of an attack plot from students or others, highlighting their role
as a trusted adult within the school community. "

https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/ default/files/reports/2021-03/USSS%20Averting%20Targeted%20School%20Violence.2021.03.pdf [/quote]

Nope

In every case a student or parent reported the person. In 8 incidents the student/parent reported it to the SRO. Not once did the SRO identify a threat themselves.

1/3 if the time the called the real police. That’s a useless role.[/quote] SROs are the real police. You have to have been a Patrol officer before you can be an SRO [/quote]

DP. Sure, but there’s no reason to think reporting to an SRO versus a different officer within the police department (or reporting to the school) would have led a different outcome.

I think there’s good reason to have SROs, mind you. Special training and MOUs can help to establish and maintain the proper boundaries and roles between police/criminal matters and school/disciplinary matters. But that has little to do with safety.[/quote]

Yes, and that special training and those boundaries already existed before Elrich decided to remove SROs. No true research went into that decision. School administrators unanimously wanted to keep them, but a small group of loud voices wanted them gone. No survey was conducted. The task group used to support the decision had only a handful of voices for a community of over 1 million. Ridiculous. [b]Meanwhile, PGCPS conducted a county-wide survey and 80% of the many, many responses said to keep SROs.[/b]

Imagine the outcome if Elrich had decided to survey the community. I suspect that loud anti-police group wouldn’t have gained any traction. [/quote]

Agreed.    [/quote]

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