Officers will soon begin 15th year of service at schools

Initially, incidences of gun violence including at schools led to an expansion of programs that have placed more than 30,000 school resource officers and an additional 52,000 security guards and sworn police officers working in schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The...

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Published inAP English Language News (includes AP 50 State Report)
Main Author Klein, Miranda
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York The Associated Press 30.07.2017
Subjects
Community relations
Criminal investigations
Law enforcement
Role models
Schools
Secondary schools
Sex crimes
Students
Louisiana
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Summary:Initially, incidences of gun violence including at schools led to an expansion of programs that have placed more than 30,000 school resource officers and an additional 52,000 security guards and sworn police officers working in schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The tip that led Rapides Parish sheriff's detectives to a man accused in the rape of a child Arresting a student who brought a handgun to Peabody High School after investigating reports made by other students Helping track down the suspects accused of burglary and vandalism at Tioga High School "Our school resource officers played a big role in solving that for us," Rapides Parish Sheriff William Earl Hilton said. Positive interactions The National Association of School Resource Officers outlines dozens of roles effective officers fulfill including those of a mentor, counselor and role model in a report responding to national dialogue questioning whether school police contribute to a "school-to-prison pipeline." According to the group, school resource officers, at a minimum, help to minimize campus disruptions and provide a sense of security, especially for adults, whether they are staff or parents. [...]there are things that few people will ever hear about, like last year when an...