Police suggested the 5-year-old boy was a ‘beast’ who needed to be put in a ‘crate.’
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A lawsuit against police and school officials for how they responded to the kindergartner has been settled, but deeper systemic issues remain.
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My profiling experience left me questioning how I am viewed in wider society.
School police officers walk in a hallway at a middle school.
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A Florida sheriff has been using student records to flag students ‘destined’ for crime. Now a congressman is calling for a federal inquiry.
Roughly half of public schools have a police presence.
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A former deputy chancellor of New York City schools explains why the police don’t need to patrol the nation’s public schools.
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What place do police officers have in UK schools?
Victoria has the lowest youth crime rate of any of the states, despite being the only one that does not have a police in schools program.
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The police in schools model abolished in Victoria in 2006 represents an outdated, paternalistic approach to youth crime and would not likely reduce youth crime rates if we brought it back now.
Research has found police in schools programs can work, where the focus is on the safety and education of young people.
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Tough-on-crime models of policing students don’t reduce youth crime, but community engagement programs for at-risk youth can be beneficial.