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Trillo

(9,154 posts)
7. Doesn't make a lot of sense against recommendation #6
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 04:39 AM
Mar 2015
FPD has the opportunity to profoundly impact students through its SRO program. This program
can be used as a way to build positive relationships with youth from a young age and to support
strategies to keep students in school and learning. FPD should:
a. Work with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students to develop and
implement policy and training consistent with law and best practices to more
effectively address disciplinary issues in schools. This approach should be focused
on SROs developing positive relationships with youth in support of maintaining a
learning environment without unnecessarily treating disciplinary issues as criminal
matters or resulting in the routine imposition of lengthy suspensions;


If I was a parent in that area, the last people I'd want to be within gunshot range of my kid would be a cop. But these racist assholes are going to be working with teachers and schools to mold kids minds better? The kids aren't the problem. The racists with guns and badges are the problem.


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