I guess we really need to go back to zoom school. No kids in the building, no kids getting shot in the building.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. So I guess this is gonna be a weekly occurrence. Where is MCPS security? They are failing.

+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.

Well look, you didn’t need an SRO. The real cops handled it just like they should.

You keep repeating this palaver. Please explain your distinction between SROs and "real cops."

Can you explain the difference between swat, homicide, detective, and a motorcycle cop?

Of course. And will if you want. But they are all “real” cops.

Mall cops and SROs are real too.

Mall cops are not real cops, but SROs are. The ones in the mall are security officers who have not been to a police academy and are not certified through the state LEO agency. SROs have the same basic qualifications as any uniformed police officer with MCPD but additional training on top to work with youth in a school setting. I don’t know why people are struggling with this concept. It’s also a special program that officers need to apply for, so there is a self selecting aspect — it tends to attract the officers who are interested in youth and community policing, building relationships, etc., not the tough guys or the ones who are looking for the splashy high profile arrests. It also attracts a lot of officers with kids because the hours are fairly family friendly (although then you don’t get the shift diff for working nights.)

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Anonymous wrote:they just lifted it. my kids inside. says officers releasing classes. someone had a gun in art class is what kids are saying

This is terrifying. There is no barrier or deterrence to prevent kids from bringing weapons on school grounds. Why is everyone ok with this?

We go through screening at the airport to avoid this stuff but despite countless incidents at schools, we continue to let it be a free-for-all. I guess they're waiting for enough kids to die or get hurt before they do something drastic. Even though Magruder already happened on MCPS's watch.

Lots of us understand statistical risk and don’t want our kids to go to school in a jail.

Agree, have to wonder why the far right wants to make public education into kid prison.

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Anonymous wrote:they just lifted it. my kids inside. says officers releasing classes. someone had a gun in art class is what kids are saying

This is terrifying. There is no barrier or deterrence to prevent kids from bringing weapons on school grounds. Why is everyone ok with this?

We go through screening at the airport to avoid this stuff but despite countless incidents at schools, we continue to let it be a free-for-all. I guess they're waiting for enough kids to die or get hurt before they do something drastic. Even though Magruder already happened on MCPS's watch.

Some argue that if more kids and teachers were armed, we'd be even safer. I know back when I was a kid lots of kids brought guns to school for the rifle club and it wasn't a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:they just lifted it. my kids inside. says officers releasing classes. someone had a gun in art class is what kids are saying

This is terrifying. There is no barrier or deterrence to prevent kids from bringing weapons on school grounds. Why is everyone ok with this?

We go through screening at the airport to avoid this stuff but despite countless incidents at schools, we continue to let it be a free-for-all. I guess they're waiting for enough kids to die or get hurt before they do something drastic. Even though Magruder already happened on MCPS's watch.

Lots of us understand statistical risk and don’t want our kids to go to school in a jail.

Are planes jails? Bet you take a plane to go on vacation.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. So I guess this is gonna be a weekly occurrence. Where is MCPS security? They are failing.

+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.

Well look, you didn’t need an SRO. The real cops handled it just like they should.

You keep repeating this palaver. Please explain your distinction between SROs and "real cops."

Can you explain the difference between swat, homicide, detective, and a motorcycle cop?

Of course. And will if you want. But they are all “real” cops.

Mall cops and SROs are real too.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. So I guess this is gonna be a weekly occurrence. Where is MCPS security? They are failing.

+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.

Well look, you didn’t need an SRO. The real cops handled it just like they should.

You keep repeating this palaver. Please explain your distinction between SROs and "real cops."

Can you explain the difference between swat, homicide, detective, and a motorcycle cop?

Of course. And will if you want. But they are all “real” cops.