We should not continue to use outdated and coercive methods that don't keep students and staff safe. Instead, we must invest in students, their families, and teachers, and encourage school districts and local governments to think more creatively about safety. Police in schools is not the answer.
Programs that put police in schools do not increase safety for students or staff. Instead, police presence in schools undermines equitable learning environments and increases the likelihood that students will be disciplined or criminalized, especially Black and brown students and those with disabilities.
This part of the new series includes challenging the all-too-common assumption that police are a prerequisite for safety in schools - SCSJ offers data on SROs on campuses, examples of communities who successfully removed police from their schools, and recommendations on how schools across the South can make their environments a safer place.
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