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Smug or not, he’s correct. I had a kid at Blair (Class of 11) with SROs and there was a stabbing. I believe in the SAC. I have a kid there now (Class of 24). Honestly, I feel my son is safer without the SROs. And I’m the sister of a LEO.[/quote]
? you have two kids one, who was in class of '11 and another class of '24?  That's a wide age span.

How is your son safer without an SRO?

I feel the opposite. I would feel safer with an SRO in my son's school, class of 2023.  Also, I went to a really rough HS, and it would've been better to have an SRO than security guards.  SROs are more of a deterrent than security guards.  SROs also engage with students, and develope relationships with them, become role models.  [/quote]

Why do armed police officers need to be role models? Can teachers, para educators, counselors, administratirs and support staff not be role models and develop relationships with students?? [/quote]

We've had that this year and clearly its not working.  The SRO's are there for violence.  A teacher, para, admin is not going to step into a fight.[/quote]
nor should they.  We are asking way too much of teachers.  I had one math teach in HS who was a tiny Asian lady.  No way would she be able to stop a fight, nor should she.  They should be focusing on teaching, not stopping fights.  [/quote]

This is just hilarious. You all say you want police to be role models in schools. I say why? You say because they need to break up fights. Okay, that's not what most people think of when they think about role models.

Let me break it down for you:

1. MCPS staff, who have the education and training to work with children and youth, can serve as ROLE MODELS
2. Security guards can BREAK UP FIGHTS
3. Police can respond to crimes that occur (thankfully, MCPS staff also have PHONES).[/quote]

And, how is that model you are saying is working for us now?  Multiple incidents this year and its only early November.  What will it take for MCPS to take things seriously?  Someone dying?[/quote]

I think the model of closing school buildings for 18 months worked terribly and has had lasting impacts. The police arrived within 3 minutes at Blair, how much faster would an SRO stationed in the building have arrived in the parking lot?[/quote]
You think an SRO on campus would take longer to respond than a cop in a car outside of the campus?

Why can't we have security guards and cops?

Let me break it down to the ^PP... SRO in the school can respond FASTER than a cop in a car that's away from the school.

Thankfully, there were cops not too far from the school so it took them 3min to respond.  Are cops always close to the schools during school hours?  If they are, why can't they be in the parking lots, at the least.[/quote]

The cop was nearby because the successor to the SRO program is the Community Engagement Officer program which has officers patrolling the areas around schools. And yes, a cop in a car may be able to get to a parking lot faster than a cop on foot. One SRO in a school of 3,000 kids cannot be everywhere at once, if you want protection everywhere at once you need a lot of people, and those people should probably be security guards because having a cop stationed in every classroom is absurd and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars, not to mention let's not actually make our schools prisons?[/quote]
But an SRO ON campus can see what's going on to the lead up to the incident better than a cop outside the school grounds.  But, like I said, if they are patrolling around the school, why can't they be patrolling IN the school, or at least in the parking lot where some of these incidents occurred?  [/quote]

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