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SouthernLiberal

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4. I think School Resource Officers are a terrible idea

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:32 AM

Aug 2023

Even without stories that make the national news, teachers tend to use them as a substitute for discipline. I don't blame teachers for this, they get too little support.

But the problem is that police officers are trained in dealing with crime, not persuading children to behave in the classroom. So they do what they know how to do. If you follow your local news, you may see stories of a second grader being hauled off by a police officer for the crime of talking in class.

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Our school district trashed the entire "school resource officer" concept for multiple reasons... hunter Aug 2023 #3

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