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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s silly people think an SRO would have stopped this.[/quote]
well, we will never know now.

How many school shootings and/or arrest of a student who brought a gun to school has MCPS had, pre and post SRO removal?[/quote]

It's considerably higher post-SRO removal (weapons incidents, don't know about arrests). For example, on Friday we not only had the Magruder shooting but also a student who brought a gun to school at Wheaton HS. Oh, and that was the second time a gun was brought to school in Wheaton _this month_.

Anti-SRO people will say that just reflects a general trend of increased crime this last year. Maybe they're right about that, but just because crime is up, doesn't mean we shouldn't take steps (like reinstating SROs) to combat it.

Crime in Silver Spring is up, so instead of ignoring it they've added a special task force to focus on that area, and they have been successful so far in getting a lot of guns off the street and arresting violent criminals in the process.[/quote]
So bringing cops is good enough for SS and the residents and businesses there but not in our schools to protect the kids.

I'm genuinely curious what the anti-SRO folks think the solution is, especially given the uptick in mental health issues after a year of VL, something actionable *right now*.[/quote]

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