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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. So I guess this is gonna be a weekly occurrence. Where is MCPS security? They are failing.[/quote]
+1 good lord.  All this RJ, social emotional learning, "we don't need SROs" seem to be doing jacksh1t.

-RM parent whose kids just experienced this last week.[/quote]

Well look, you didn’t need an SRO. The real cops handled it just like they should.[/quote]
SROs are real cops, too, and they would be in the school rather than school having to call the police which takes time.  They are trained to assess risk and deal with someone with a gun better than administrators or security guards.

And since you didn't address the other part of my statement, I guess you agree:  RJ and social emotional learning is BS. Get rid of it, and focus on the real issues.  Huge achievement gap, violence in schools against students and staff.[/quote]

An SRO wouldn't have handled this situation alone, they would have waited for backup. If they're trained to assess risk, they wouldn't approach a potentially volatile student who may be hiding a weapon, especially in a classroom full of students. Exactly the same response would have been implemented.

Maybe the SRO would have been on the scene to direct officers when they arrived, but my kid would still have been locked down into her science classroom for half an hour, then marched out with her hands on her head, with police officers on either side of the single-file line. (yes, that's what happened today) Officers still would have gone into the art classroom, guns drawn, to apprehend the suspect. No way an SRO's presence changes a thing today.

I'm not saying SROs don't do some good in certain circumstances, but it wouldn't have made a difference in a situation like today's.[/quote]
No, but SROs can build relationships with students, hear about what's going on, and act as a deterrent.

Criminals generally don't commit crimes when a cop is present in the building.  [/quote]

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