Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No thanks. I’m a parent with 3 kids in MCPS and I support a police presence in school buildings.

What do you propose as an alternative to keep our kids safe?

They're only two kinds of people who feel that way people who don't really have children or people who are misinformed.

Or people like me who have good kids who are not afraid of SROs because they do not do things in school that get them into trouble.

Your smug (and disgusting) privilege is showing. Try educating yourself for starters.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do most of the Principals want them?

That's easy: Principals want SROs to absolve themselves of responsibility. School security reports to principals. SROs report to MCP.

Parents have already outsourced disciplining their kids to the schools. What's wrong if Principals outsource to SROs?

Anonymous wrote:I do not think an SRO will protect my kid from a school shooter situation. But I think they are needed to deal with in school regular violence so that that does not fall to the teachers or other staff.

All the evidence suggests otherwise and SROs just make things worse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No thanks. I’m a parent with 3 kids in MCPS and I support a police presence in school buildings.

What do you propose as an alternative to keep our kids safe?

They're only two kinds of people who feel that way people who don't really have children or people who are misinformed.

Or people like me who have good kids who are not afraid of SROs because they do not do things in school that get them into trouble.

I do not think an SRO will protect my kid from a school shooter situation. But I think they are needed to deal with in school regular violence so that that does not fall to the teachers or other staff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do most of the Principals want them?

That's easy: Principals want SROs to absolve themselves of responsibility. School security reports to principals. SROs report to MCP.

MCPS data doesn’t support your argument. In 2019-2020, 97% of MCPS arrests were initiated by the schools’ administration. In other words, the issue was so dire that admin needed police to step in. That doesn’t “absolve” principals of anything; the documentation exists that they requested the support. All it shows is that there is an actual need for police presence and MCPS officials acknowledged that.

Of course it's absolution: the actual hands-on management of the incident is MCP's to screw up, not the school's.

One can just as easily argue that there are plenty of ways for a school’s admin to screw up: by *not* calling for the SRO, by not following proper procedures, etc. I highly doubt “absolution” is the reason principals support SROs.

I’d like to see responses to some of the questions posted above. Why can’t we have SROs and other school-based support working in tandem? If you don’t want SROs there at all, what is your recommendation for how to handle violent incidents within schools?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do most of the Principals want them?

That's easy: Principals want SROs to absolve themselves of responsibility. School security reports to principals. SROs report to MCP.

MCPS data doesn’t support your argument. In 2019-2020, 97% of MCPS arrests were initiated by the schools’ administration. In other words, the issue was so dire that admin needed police to step in. That doesn’t “absolve” principals of anything; the documentation exists that they requested the support. All it shows is that there is an actual need for police presence and MCPS officials acknowledged that.

Of course it's absolution: the actual hands-on management of the incident is MCP's to screw up, not the school's.

So you all would rather have security guards? Or no security at all and would prefer principals to call police? Who will be assigned to de-escalate violent situations? A psychologist? Violence interrupters? Teachers? Parent volunteers?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another shooting today at magruader. Bring! Back! Sros!

All they'll do is bully students until things get rough they'll cower - no thanks

Do you have evidence of MCPD SROs bullying students? Please post your sources. On that note, do you have evidence of MCPD officers cowering? I’d like to see that, as well.

Anonymous wrote:Another shooting today at magruader. Bring! Back! Sros!

All they'll do is bully students until things get rough they'll cower - no thanks

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another shooting today at magruader. Bring! Back! Sros!

What?!? Where are you getting this info?

There was an after action report on the January shooting released shortly before this post, so I think the PP got confused.

Anonymous wrote:Another shooting today at magruader. Bring! Back! Sros!

What?!? Where are you getting this info?

Another shooting today at magruader. Bring! Back! Sros!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do most of the Principals want them?

That's easy: Principals want SROs to absolve themselves of responsibility. School security reports to principals. SROs report to MCP.

MCPS data doesn’t support your argument. In 2019-2020, 97% of MCPS arrests were initiated by the schools’ administration. In other words, the issue was so dire that admin needed police to step in. That doesn’t “absolve” principals of anything; the documentation exists that they requested the support. All it shows is that there is an actual need for police presence and MCPS officials acknowledged that.

Anonymous wrote:I very much support SRO's in the building and police stationed outside. You presented one very bias video. Some of them do good. The violence in schools is getting worse.

Yeahhhhh, our history of school mass shootings while the SRO Good Guy With A Gun ran/hid/did nothing says otherwise, but you tried.