The article " Police in schools: keeping kids safe, or arresting them for no good reason is about the advantages and disadvantages of allowing police officers in schools. According to the article, it states " that many of the black and brown children first experience with police violence are in a school building".The article states that School Resource Officers (SRO's) were bought into schools and communities to help against drugs, gangs, and weapons. SRO's have also set concerns with parents about criminalization of typical teenage behavior and excessive use of force on students in school spaces. According to Mo Canady, the head of the National Association of School Resource Officers," there are thousands of SRO's doing a fantastic
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It would cut down on the disobedience and give other students a better chance to learn. The officers could politely ask the student to stop misbehaving or take the student aside to have a talk. There are a few methods SRO's could take to handle the situation, Like call their parents or ask the students to leave the classroom for a while. However, not too long ago, in South Carolina's Spring Valley High, an officer got into a physical altercation with a student and used excessive force with her. This situation has happened very often and parents are not happy with the outcomes. Despite that this excessive force was used, San Francisco and other states signed an agreement with SRO's limiting them to only intervene with serious crimes such as bodily harm and weapons. So SRO's could use excessive force when their is a very serious crime taken …show more content…
According to the article the National Center for Education Statistics show there are now more than 43,000 School Resource Officers, an additional 39,000 Security Guards and 84,000 officers working in public schools. Many students and teachers feel they are safer with the addition of these officers in public schools and communities. However, the viral cell phone footage has shown SRO's using excessive force with Students and many parents feel anguish about the SRO's actions. In September 2015, a Colorado teen alerted a SRO that a student in Arizona threatened a school shooting on the social media app called Snapchat. The students alert to the SRO helped prevent a possible
It would cut down on the disobedience and give other students a better chance to learn. The officers could politely ask the student to stop misbehaving or take the student aside to have a talk. There are a few methods SRO's could take to handle the situation, Like call their parents or ask the students to leave the classroom for a while. However, not too long ago, in South Carolina's Spring Valley High, an officer got into a physical altercation with a student and used excessive force with her. This situation has happened very often and parents are not happy with the outcomes. Despite that this excessive force was used, San Francisco and other states signed an agreement with SRO's limiting them to only intervene with serious crimes such as bodily harm and weapons. So SRO's could use excessive force when their is a very serious crime taken …show more content…
According to the article the National Center for Education Statistics show there are now more than 43,000 School Resource Officers, an additional 39,000 Security Guards and 84,000 officers working in public schools. Many students and teachers feel they are safer with the addition of these officers in public schools and communities. However, the viral cell phone footage has shown SRO's using excessive force with Students and many parents feel anguish about the SRO's actions. In September 2015, a Colorado teen alerted a SRO that a student in Arizona threatened a school shooting on the social media app called Snapchat. The students alert to the SRO helped prevent a possible