Slava has a point here, that the idea of having a police offer at the school goes way beyond just protecting.
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Principals reported that 76.0% were involved in
maintaining school discipline, 77.5% in mentoring students, 45.8% in teaching
law-related education courses of other direct student training, and 62.4% in
training for teachers and staff related to security or crime prevention.
These
reported activities are consistent with data from other surveys which suggest
that the typical police officer spends approximately half his or her time on
law-enforcement activities, 25% on mentoring or counseling students, and 13%
on teaching (Finn et al., 2005).
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http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/sites/ccjs.u...0Behaviors.pdf
Couple other interesting parts from the study.
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The use of police in schools has increased dramatically in the past 12 years, largely due to increases in US Department of Justice Office of COPS funding for these programs. Compared to 1975 when only 1% of the nation’s schools had police stationed in them, as of the 2007-2008 school year, 40% of schools had police stationed in them.
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Like many social programs that are motivated by a sense of urgency to do something about a perceived crisis situation, this program has grown dramatically without the benefit of scientific evaluation. No rigorous study to date has demonstrated that placing police in schools promotes school safety. Our study finds no evidence that increased use of SROs decreases school crime.
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