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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't want SRO's what is  your solution to  what is going on in the schools? I want my kids safe.[/quote]

Yeah, I want my kids safe, too. This response illustrates the problem. It feels intolerable to do nothing and so we want to rush to do Something, even if that Something has been proven to be worse than doing nothing. There is not an easy answer to this and that is the horrible truth. I'm not advocating giving up but soothing our anxieties with knee jerk solutions is not the way forward.[/quote]

SROs aren’t knee jerk solutions. I’ve worked with SROs since 2003. The county isn’t starting from scratch here; instead, there is a long-standing relationship between the county and MCPD that can be supported and refined.

I agree with you that there is no easy answer, but I firmly believe SROs remain part of the solution we are looking for. They come with training that supports the safe operation of a school. What they provide can’t be replicated by a teacher, a counselor, or an administrator. I wish our reality didn’t include crimes and violence within schools, but it’s there. [/quote]

Unless they go to a 4 year college and a MSW they are I’ll equipped yo do the job they are asked to do.

They need yo sign non disclosure agreements and take away their arrest power.

Then they can stay.[/quote]

They don’t need a college degree and a MSW to do the job they are assigned to do. I can tell I’m not the only poster on this thread who is tired and angry about violence and threats to schools. SROs are part of the solution since their purpose and training is directly about responding to threats. MSW can help by disrupting negative thoughts before they become actions, but if that doesn’t work we need SROs.  [/quote]

Yes they do.

Teachers have 4 year degrees, counselors have 4 year degrees, we need educated people dealing with children.

If they need to respond to a threat sit in the parking lot and respond to a threat.

SROs don’t stop threats they make threats more frequently and more dangerous.

We need MSWs and if that doesn’t work we need discipline and if that doesn’t work we need outside medical evaluation and if that doesn’t work we need private placement. We don’t need SROs.[/quote]

“Educated people” can mean having the knowledge and skill set to work a particular job. I’m a teacher. I have advanced degrees related to my subject matter. I’m highly educated, but if you put me in a hospital I no longer have a relevant education. I’m also not educated in how to handle extreme threats. You say we need educated people around students. By that logic, we need SROs to fill in where my skill set stops.

SROs are educated in a way that is relevant to their job. Many (most) have college degrees, but ALL are educated with the knowledge and skills relevant to the tasks they perform.

You have no proof that SROs “make threats more frequently and more dangerous.”

We do agree that we need MSWs in schools. As other posters have said, they would be part of the team… teachers, counselors, admin, SROs.[/quote]

So we agree you are not educated on what makes schools safe, glad you can admit that.

Watch the video posted in the OP. That’s your 1st step to being more educated.

I am intimate aware of SRO trying, it’s not the right training.

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