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As Student Struggle in Rochester, New York, Schools Consider Bringing Back Campus Police

11/8/2021

As Students Struggle in Rochester, New York, Schools Consider Bringing Back Campus Police

Police and private security have recently been posted outside Rochester City School District schools — an arrangement that could be extended pending a decision by school commissioners.

After COVID, Some Rural California Schools Face New Kinds of Discipline Challenges

11/4/2021

After Quarantine, Some Rural California Schools Face New Kinds of Discipline Challenges

As schools in California's Monterey Bay region have seen an uptick in student violence, some residents want police officers back on campus.

LA County Schools Will Increase Scrutiny of School Resource Officers Starting in the Fall

6/8/2021

L.A. County Schools Will Increase Scrutiny of Campus Cops Starting in the Fall

Sheriff's deputies patrolling schools across sprawling Los Angeles County will work under greater scrutiny when campuses reopen in the fall, following a vote by county supervisors.

4/5/2021

Presence of School Resource Officers Debated in Small Towns, Too

A meeting of the Rise up Kingston group. Photo courtesy of Rise Up
Two decades after schools across the country beefed up police presence on campus in response to the mass shooting at Columbine High, the uprising over the killing of George Floyd has prompted communities small and large to rethink that trend in the name of racial justice.

1/6/2020

In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push to Get Police Out of Schools

As a 10th grader at Sacramento’s Luther Burbank High School, Stephanie Lopez remembers when she saw a school resource officer treat her brother like a criminal. Her brother had bumped into the officer and apologized, Lopez said.

3/14/2013

Los Angeles Youths Share Views on Police, School Security

In Washingotn, D.C., many adult advocates for youth have pushed against the notion of beefing up police presence and security details in schools in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.