Should Cops Be In Schools?

As protesters around the country demand racial justice and a re-examination of policing in communities, the conversation has also spread to schools -- with many asking if police should be on campuses.
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*What is an SRO?*
A “school resource officer” is a career law enforcement officer with sworn authority assigned by their department, agency, or school district to collaborate with one or more schools. They typically receive special training on working with adolescents on top of their police training -- but what that looks like varies greatly around the country.
*What is the impact of police in schools on Black and brown students?*
Black students made up only 15% of the total student population but made up 33% of arrests whereas white students made up 50% of the total student population and only 33% of arrests. This could be due to more officers being present in schools where more than half of the student body is nonwhite.
*What happens when SROs are removed from schools?*
Police departments will still be called by schools to handle certain situations on campus, sending regular officers instead of specifically trained law enforcement such as school resource officers (SROs).
SOURCES:
Crime, violence, discipline, and safety in schools data
nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019061.pdf
Which students are arrested?
www.edweek.org/ew/projects/20...
School to Prison Pipeline:
scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/v...
Do Officers make schools safer?
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us...
Racial Disparities in Schools:
www.washingtonpost.com/local/...
Crime Rates in the US:
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...
Why Having Police in Schools is a Problem (VOX)
www.vox.com/2015/10/28/962682...
National Association of School Resource Officers frequently asked questions
www.nasro.org/faq/
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  • @AboveTheNoise
    @AboveTheNoise4 жыл бұрын

    OK folks - we had to fix a mistake on one of our maps and re-post this video! Here is the correct version. Same question for you - have you had any experiences with School Resource Officers (SROs)? Do you think law enforcement presence makes schools safer? Share your perspectives below!

  • @flymypg

    @flymypg

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was in high school during the early 1970s, with no police on campus. Basic order (mainly to limit bullying) was maintained by coaches and gym teachers patrolling the campus. Things like drugs were easily available, but those were also different times. But it was we, as a student body, who decided what behaviors needed to be stopped. Such as students overdosing or harming themselves or others, or cases of parental abuse. That's when an assistant principle would be informed and a police officer would be invited to the campus to help with that specific problem, and nothing else. But that was a last resort, after what today would be called "peer interventions" had failed. We took care of our own, and asked for help only when we couldn't provide it ourselves. One result was we got a friend elected student council president to work on formalizing the process and relationship, to explicitly give students a say in how the student body was treated, and some real responsibility for helping make it work. We all graduated before the changes were agreed to and put in place, but lots of progress had been made. During all that, our informal system kept on working.

  • @connor863

    @connor863

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's always better to correct a mistake. You might want to pin this comment so people know what's going on, by the way.

  • @KasperskyFan2111

    @KasperskyFan2111

    4 ай бұрын

    I have one in my high school. I’ve never seen him do anything bias and never had any issue with him.

  • @cestlavegan5793
    @cestlavegan57934 жыл бұрын

    We need better police officers in general. Also higher quality and more thorough training. Also maybe SROs are not needed at every single school, just the ones with higher rates of violence and crime. But we really should focus on somehow helping the “problem” students in order to prevent the need for cops in schools in the first place. Kids living in broken homes need all the support they can get.

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    But that would require even MORE funding for an institution that is already extremely over-funded. What we really need is accountability for cops, otherwise, they will keep doing terrible things regardless of their training because they won't ever face serious repercussions. Cops are trained a lot, but they are trained to kill. Not to deescalate or to "support" their community. The less cops interact with people in general, the better.

  • @bltcatwich

    @bltcatwich

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amysand5400it would be a feasible solution if funds were instead reallocated from things like riot gear or weapons

  • @AlisterPuddifer
    @AlisterPuddifer4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the UK, and the idea of having police at schools is a completely alien concept.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do UK schools have any type of security presence? Just curious!

  • @AlisterPuddifer

    @AlisterPuddifer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise I cannot speak for all schools, but generally I believe not. It is the responsibility of staff members to watch out for any illegal activity. The vast majority of serious incidents are punished by detention, suspension, or expulsion, rather than imprisonment. I only know of one occasion where the police were called to the school, when a parent attempted to take their child after losing custody. However, incidents like this are rare, and we have much stricter gun control laws here, so I don't know for certain if the US could adopt a similar policy.

  • @Theres_No_PlanetB
    @Theres_No_PlanetB4 жыл бұрын

    How does this channel not have more views? It covers such important topics.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching us and your positive feedback! We also ask ourselves this question. Tell all your friends about us :) !

  • @sonorasgirl

    @sonorasgirl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shared it! You guys rock. Hopefully you’ll get more popular as you deserve

  • @JerryAlan

    @JerryAlan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right? Probably need more shock faced and surprise faced thumbnails to meet the KZread algorithm ;-)

  • @flymypg
    @flymypg4 жыл бұрын

    We have GOT to get this channel over 100K subscribers. This content is too good to not be more widely shared!

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! We are working on it - but that algorithm is tricky. We appreciate the viewers we do have who keep coming back!

  • @nancy3939
    @nancy39394 жыл бұрын

    I had officers on my school campuses all my life. My high school had lots of fights, but not necessarily drug or gun problems. There were multiple fights a day sometimes and 6 ft 250-300 lb officers would tackle 5 ft 90 lb girls, to the ground, and cuff them only do give them an overnight. It was brutal, funny at the time because of the fact that it happened so often. it was normal. In college I went to a private school full of rich kids and telling them these stories, they were shocked. I went to a (not even that poor) public school filled with minorities. It's disproportionate, that's the only problem :/ because we had adults who would come fight teens on campus and they would protect us from them

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    So did you appreciate the fact that officers were at your school? Or would you have preferred them to not be there?

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise Are you deadass...

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter4 жыл бұрын

    Nope. "When someone brings a gun to a high school..." Like what happened at the Parkland shooting where the SRO hid outside? Look man, if they want to wear the badge and carry the gun, then they don't get to run and hide when shit gets bad. They can't claim to do "the most dangerous job in America" (not true by a long shot, btw) while also saying they have a right not to put their lives at risk. You can't have it both ways, and if you're not putting your life on the line, then you don't need a gun. It's as simple as that.

  • @connor863

    @connor863

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. The SRO literally didn't raise a finger. Coward. His job was to put the lives of the students above his own and he didn't do a thing.

  • @weplay6969

    @weplay6969

    3 жыл бұрын

    w I will be a cop not a SRS !!!!!!!! no man no man! I not going to nuck you !

  • @devil5cry

    @devil5cry

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@connor863 Apparently his salary isn't high enough nor his ball is big enough for his duty standing between the bullet and the students ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @devil5cry

    @devil5cry

    3 жыл бұрын

    For the record The highest record of manslaughter within School is using the explosive and arsonist A bad person with a gun can Only stop by a good guy who also with a gun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But you guys [well I mean the fallen states liberals You get the idea] just can't live with that

  • @deadreckoning4132

    @deadreckoning4132

    Жыл бұрын

    I work as an SRO. I'll tell you why you get a lot of unqualified police officers in schools. A lot of times they will pick older officers for those positions that have either already retired or are close to retirement. Obviously not a Good fit for protecting children. Young cops typically don't want to be in schools because they want to be out on the street fighting crime, chasing bad guys down etc. So typically when an SRO job comes open, it's usually somebody that's older and close to retirement. The day-to-day job is a great job because you get to put on presentations for kids, you get to counsel them on behavioral issues and get them involved in sports so they can stay out of trouble. It's very rewarding. A lot of SROs over the years have stopped active shooter incidents from occurring but of course, those typically don't make the news. We hear about them during annual in-service training but trust me when I say that SROs have kept a lot of shootings from occurring in schools. I've seen it first hand.

  • @SkeledroMan
    @SkeledroMan4 жыл бұрын

    The problem right now is that the number of SROs is disproportionate to the number of instances of things they are trained to deal with. How many SROs have actually dealt with school shootings? This is why the SRO representative's argument in this video makes no sense. SROs do not have to be omnipresent in schools in order to be useful. In fact their presence and the threat of violence it brings is actively harmful to children's educations. This is why school resource officers should not be permanently stationed in schools but instead should be a part of the specialization of emergency response, which itself is a part of the restructuring, demilitarization, and accountabilization of the police. Removing SROs from schools would also play a part in dismantling the school to prison pipeline.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally understand where you are coming from. Your view has a lot of supporters and we tried to reflect that view in this video. Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @opmoose6465

    @opmoose6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    imo having an sro at my school would have changed things alot as i feel they should be there, they should not be acting in every problem that goes down the majority of problems within schools can and should be left to the staff not the sro. In my school when police were there kids would either make sure certain things were hidden or gone. Now im not saying that would get rid of the problems but it would mitigate them. In the mind of a kid who would you rather be caught by a teacher or staff of some sort or a police officer. Kids would 10/10 rather be caught by a staff member. Having a active sro at the school would mitigate things ALOT. yet this is my opinion just wanted to share.

  • @theprodigy9617

    @theprodigy9617

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sro Should Stay

  • @deadreckoning4132

    @deadreckoning4132

    Жыл бұрын

    I disagree. I work as an SRO and we don't work that way. We very rarely charge kids unless it's an ongoing school disciplinary issue. The only time a student would be in prisoned by an SRO as if he committed a felony. And that's no different than if the student was out on the street and not in school. We are trained to work with school administrators and keep kids out of the criminal justice system. It's already overcrowded. However, you can't control what a person does and when they continuously commit crimes on school grounds, you got to step in and do what you got to do. That's not our fault. That's the individual.

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    @@opmoose6465 What kinds of things are you referring to? Because that changes the situation and the way youre talking about it is very vague.

  • @KattDa
    @KattDa4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for looking into this important topic! I was a bit sad that the video was taken down, but it's worth the wait. Good content!!

  • @Steppin1107
    @Steppin11074 жыл бұрын

    The sro at the highschool i recently graduated from was a very respectful man who conducted his job professionally. And from what I observed the black students in my school had the most and best relations with him. I (an asian american) have not felt the sense of paranoia that was described in this video, in fact I felt more secure knowing we had a trained and armed person on campus. Of course this is just one sample.

  • @PunkHerr
    @PunkHerr4 жыл бұрын

    I never saw one officer in school my whole life. (I'm not living in the US) Why do other countries don't need them? (rhetorical asking)

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great question! Maybe we can look into that!

  • @williamsjm100

    @williamsjm100

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@AboveTheNoise Fascinating video. I do think it would be important to step outside the US context and see why almost every other country in the world does not have police in schools, unless there is something specific that is incredibly rare (e.g. some children have to have body guards if they are offspring of politicians etc). But the idea that you would have police (let alone armed police) in a school is just completely absurd in most countries.

  • @JustAnotherMe

    @JustAnotherMe

    4 жыл бұрын

    The idea of seeing cops in the school is somewhat disturbing, as in, maybe someone did something really wrong. But then, being NOT American, when I was in school, I would have thought the words "school shooting" means that maybe they are taking class pictures.

  • @6li7ch

    @6li7ch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Samesies. The US seems to be disproportionately susceptible to school shootings, which seems to be behind the bulk of the justification for SROs. A lot of people blame gun access for these incidents, but it may also be a good idea to redirect funds to diminish 'gun worship' - cultural ideas surrounding the acceptable use of violence as a means of problem-solving.

  • @De-ti7jo

    @De-ti7jo

    3 жыл бұрын

    It pretty unlikely for a school shooting to happen in America, but for other countries it's practically non-existent. That may contribute to the amount of police in schools

  • @ragingturtles4558
    @ragingturtles4558 Жыл бұрын

    I say no to police officers in school, I am in high school with my special needs brother (same age as we are twins). We were at a different school for our time for 9-11th grade, from what we seen, the schools with police officers often have more problems. Once at that school during our math class, my brother was having a meltdown and was laying on the ground flapping his arms, a normal thing for him to do. This was a older teacher, and so she kept telling and almost yelling at him to "calm down and stop acting like a child,". I kept telling her that his doing this to calm down ad it not a big deal, this back and fourth went on for a good 15 minutes when she decided to call the police in the school. Keep in mind he is now just laying there spaced out. But still the police come in the class and try to grab him with out talking to anyone. My brother freaks out as he doesn't know who is touching him and he doesn't like people touching him if so. The police then pin him and arrest him. After the calling of my mom and the whole thing where she was ignored by the school district for her concern, we changed to a charter school. This school does have security, but they are not as rough and actually understand that he is autistic then crazy and knew how to actually help. Tho there has been some problems with other students, you can't really avoid that.

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    Jesus. I am so sorry this happened to your brother. I also have a twin brother with special needs and my worst nightmare is what would happen if he encountered an incompetent police officer. Your story is one of many where the school district fails to support autistic kids. I don't even know how to go about addressing such a huge systemic issue. I believe if there are special needs kids in any school there should be social workers and professionals to prevent official's ignorance from further harming the child. It's tragic that most families with special needs kids who cant afford a private school for special needs kids have to put their kids in public school where resources are scarce for neurodivergent people and where most educators and officials are incompetent when it comes to supporting kids with special needs. Again, im sorry this happened to you. But know that you are an incredible person for advocating for your brother, especially during such a nightmare scenario. Your brother probably loves and appreciates you more than you can imagine.

  • @zachcharlebois5017
    @zachcharlebois5017 Жыл бұрын

    We need more counselors! Period! You can keep some specialized SRO's if they know how to deescalate situations. However, we definitely need more nurses and counselors on campus first and foremost.

  • @misstee6400

    @misstee6400

    8 ай бұрын

    As an sro at a school. A new one at that i can assure you the kids trust the sro’s more than the counselors and nurses. Or maybe I’m just a likeable person. The stuff you see in the media is no where near the amount of sro’s who actually have a close relationship with the students at their schools.

  • @jmiranda8760
    @jmiranda8760 Жыл бұрын

    There was one officer in my middle school that went around every classroom and threatened to pepper spray anyone that annoyed her or caused even the smallest disturbance. I had to run out of the cafeteria once because she pepper sprayed two kids who were arguing and throwing food.

  • @Stormworks_maker_of_things
    @Stormworks_maker_of_things Жыл бұрын

    Gotta say, I enjoy having our SRO in my high school. He’s a good guy and always dose his best to diffuse situations and you can always ask him questions.

  • @stitch1547
    @stitch15472 жыл бұрын

    I have a SRO at my school. Ngl he is really chill and likes to talk to other students.

  • @philippicphilodox888
    @philippicphilodox888 Жыл бұрын

    Denver Public Schools reinstated SROs after an incident at East High School. As a condition of being permitted to attend public school, a particular student was patted down every morning by school administrators who aren't trained to do this type of work. This minor had previously been expelled from another district for gun charges and behavioral issues. During a pat down, the student produced a firearm and shot both administrators. The wounds were non fatal, and the administrators are expected to fully recover. No one else was injured during the incident. However, the student was later found dead with a self inflicted gunshot wound. There were cascading failures leading to this tragedy. Lack of SROs was not the only problem. Few resources exist to help students in this situation. Yes, we want to avoid the "school to prison pipeline," but we must also offer viable alternatives.

  • @x1boomer
    @x1boomer Жыл бұрын

    SROs are usually the officers that can’t do actual police work or counting the days to retirement. SRO positions don’t always pay well so for some officers it’s a pay cut.

  • @Jarom.M
    @Jarom.M4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a huge fan of the opposing view points summation at the end.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great! We're glad you like them!

  • @Big_Un
    @Big_Un3 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel via a link from It's Okay To Be Smart ("Why Do We Itch?" How random is that?) This is the first and only video of yours that I've seen so far, but I like how you break down the subject matter without shying away from uncomfortable subject matter such as bias against entities such as law enforcement and race differentiation reality. I've subscribed to your channel to view more of your videos. Thank you for creating and encouraging a place that welcomes frank and enlightening discussion.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for following Joe’s recommendation and checking us out...and for this really thoughtful feedback. We welcome hearing more from you as you watch more videos!

  • @cobaltcrusader9841
    @cobaltcrusader98414 жыл бұрын

    I'm not last saw this clicked fast! Also, I also went to a public high school and neighborhood with strong police presence, and random sweeps with dogs. Really relatable episode!

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell us more about these "random sweeps with dogs"!

  • @marcya4428

    @marcya4428

    4 жыл бұрын

    My small town didn't have a heavy police presence but we also had pretty regular drug dog sweeps

  • @cobaltcrusader9841

    @cobaltcrusader9841

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise Thanks for the great content and the response! I went to a public high school where "hip" soft drug use (unprescribed medicine, vapes, weed) was rampant. Because of this, cops went through the school every so often with drug sniffing K9 units to find out who was going on a date with Mary Jane. In a separate incident, a student was caught selling adderall on school properly, and someone took a pic of him getting arrested. It spread around our school because of the kid's slightly annoyed facial emotion of "are you kidding me?". Another time, everyone heard the dogs were getting REALLY excited in the 7th grade hallway, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

  • @Eric_D_6
    @Eric_D_64 жыл бұрын

    The more I think about how to fix the police, the more I think that the main thing we need is way more de-escalation training, SROs do make sense to me but the de-escalation training they get in a single workweek class with other topics if their specific leadership follows the recommendation can't be enough. De-escalation training should be much more of the general police training than it seems to be and to be an SRO there should be even more mandatory training like that recommended by NASRO. There are other issues but I think that is really the biggest of the issues.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your coment!

  • @thebantsd9735
    @thebantsd97353 жыл бұрын

    the officer at my school is someone who deserves the most respect hes one of the kindest people i know and i saw someone talk about the parkland shooting yes the cop there hid but that'[s not every cop he also talked about the Obama administration who also posted a picture of George floyd on may 17th he died may 25th.

  • @slayermcrx7519
    @slayermcrx7519 Жыл бұрын

    I like these videos because there isn't a large amount of bias. if there seems like there might be some bias, it is usually backed up by statistics. it shows both sides of the question and argument as to not take a side, and explains the situation

  • @_APG_
    @_APG_6 ай бұрын

    I went to one of the most dangerous high schools in California. Everyday there was a gang fight, or worse. The News never reported on anything that happened there either - radio silence. Ramping up the police force especially during lunch hours, and arresting and cracking down on the drugs and gang members really did help.

  • @DunderHead.5000
    @DunderHead.50002 жыл бұрын

    They didn't have school shootings when there were 8th graders in ROTC programs in school.

  • @georgeenke4937
    @georgeenke49372 жыл бұрын

    Make’s sense to me. Criminals have never been comfortable around police. Not to mention the stat’s provided are incorrect and skewed to fit a narrative. Check the FBI stat’s for accurate reporting.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who exactly are you labeling as "criminals" in your statement? And what evidence do you have that the stats provided in our video are incorrect?

  • @sigmamale1859
    @sigmamale18593 жыл бұрын

    I never had police where I studied from in my country and it was safe . Mainly because we didn’t have other factors in play like guns and drugs. We had security but they’d never hurt a student. The US is generally too strict a country that you must be informed to survive even regardless of skin color

  • @kyledawson4535
    @kyledawson45352 жыл бұрын

    I like the non bias way you covered this.

  • @zagodotatus
    @zagodotatus4 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because you don't even know how absurd this is everywhere else. In Italy officers are the main characters for jokes and I like it

  • @SuperPf4

    @SuperPf4

    4 жыл бұрын

    It not absurd. Italy does not have any idiots shooting each other on the streets!

  • @1Fruitninja1
    @1Fruitninja14 жыл бұрын

    How can anybody live in a country this sick?

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are 330 million of us sickos!

  • @OlivierFRscooter
    @OlivierFRscooter4 жыл бұрын

    Not living in the US, never seen a cop at any school, here's my POV. The only sound point in favor of cops at school in this video, to me, is that you could need the police and better to have it there an specifically trained than calling dispatch. On that I agree. But what for? Someone bringing drugs? Happened in my school twice in my whole life, I don't think it's worth having a cop 24/7 when it should not happen super frequently. Also the school's principal/psychologist or other people could solve the situation through discussion and a sanction for the student, before the situation needs to have the cops there. And for someone bringing an gun? Just get rid of guns already ffs

  • @OlivierFRscooter

    @OlivierFRscooter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, keep the videos coming, I really like your way of putting things and I feel the objective thinking is a real effort

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OlivierFRscooter Thanks for your comment and thanks for the encouragement!

  • @opmoose6465

    @opmoose6465

    3 жыл бұрын

    I dont know what country or kind of school you went to but drugs are rampant in the U.S. at my school there was always drugs and we had no form of police there a fact for you here if you didnt know the us had a literal war on drugs that well imo and many others lessened the amount of drugs flowing in or being created but by no means stopped the flow or creation

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    @@opmoose6465 Buddy there are drugs in every country. Plus, the war on drugs was a resounding failure. It was fostered under the Nixon administration solely as a way to criminalize and vilify black, brown, and latino people and anti-war protesters/"hippies". And it did exactly what it sought out to do. It inflamed the relentless incrimination of black and brown people and the over-criminalization of low-income, majority-black communities. Some of the most vicious, outlandish prison sentences were handed out for weed possession, etc. This didn't limit the trade or proliferation of drugs as it didn't address the main problem that lead to drug use and distribution: poverty. The most the war on drugs did was COMPLETELY RUIN thousands of people's lives, all for the crime of being poor and most susceptible to addiction.

  • @devil5cry
    @devil5cry3 жыл бұрын

    Detention: Nation thank for your assistance Taiwanese: first time?

  • @patriotscottmetal85
    @patriotscottmetal85 Жыл бұрын

    Crime has been plummeting? 6:50. Its hillarious seeing play of young criminals be treated like victims.

  • @andrewbarker8631
    @andrewbarker86318 ай бұрын

    110 percent yes they should. Criminal behavior doesn't adhere to an age or a time or a place. And these kids deserve to feel and be safe

  • @kash233
    @kash233 Жыл бұрын

    in my experience in school SRO’s have been on a whole different level from cops. They are always super nice and not so tight like normal cops. Even let me chill in their offices in lunch and between class. I love my SRO’s

  • @sonorasgirl
    @sonorasgirl4 жыл бұрын

    Ooof I hope this gets more views. Thanks for doing this!

  • @jwhome9319
    @jwhome93192 жыл бұрын

    Take them all out. Make the school administrators do their job of student discipline and safety instead of using the police to do their job. But of course, they will be begging for them to come back after the first violent incident. its all cyclical.

  • @TiffanyPlaysOwO
    @TiffanyPlaysOwO Жыл бұрын

    Why not have national guard stations?

  • @JD-fx9ly
    @JD-fx9ly Жыл бұрын

    If you're going to have them at all at least train them better, a single work week is not enough time to train someone for this position.

  • @azulceleste2646
    @azulceleste26463 жыл бұрын

    Defunding the police is not the same as reforming the police. Funds are needed for reform to take place. The main stream media is biased and wants you to believe one narrative, so informing yourself is the best thing you can do.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    3 жыл бұрын

    We agree that it's always best to consult multiple sources, and look for verified facts before drawing any conclusions about highly politicized issues! We do our best in our videos to present multiple points of view and not push any particular political agenda. When we do have bias on an issue (because, we're human) we try to be upfront and transparent about it and challenge our own assumptions.

  • @gregorynelson6572
    @gregorynelson6572 Жыл бұрын

    I like seeing cops in schools. When i was in high school they were cool to talk to and provided a sense of security

  • @sarahpeltzer6612
    @sarahpeltzer66123 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Thank you for showing both sides!

  • @travis4977
    @travis49774 жыл бұрын

    Why the reupload?

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    We had a mistake on one of our map animations! So we wanted to correct it and re-upload!

  • @jonathanlevy9635
    @jonathanlevy96353 жыл бұрын

    4:16 does this fit the percentage of black people arrested at all ages?

  • @ez_clapz21-_-37
    @ez_clapz21-_-372 жыл бұрын

    In my high school there is 2 police officers there

  • @Gt_oanime
    @Gt_oanime Жыл бұрын

    Honestly I think we should have atleast two cops on campus

  • @deadreckoning4132
    @deadreckoning4132 Жыл бұрын

    My state mandated SROs in 2019. I work as an SRO and it's a great job. Spend most of my day talking with students and helping them through problems. Walk the school and make sure that all the doors are secure and visitors are being checked properly. Since the introduction of SROs in my state, a lot of weapons have been found, a lot of students have been charged that have made threats towards other students or towards the school in general. It's been a successful program overall. With regards to arresting students committing criminal acts, we usually leave the first offense up to the school to handle in-house as long as it's not a serious crime and then after that, we will step in and take them in front of the courts if it's a reoccurring problem.

  • @Malocat
    @Malocat3 ай бұрын

    Allocating funds to increase training for SRO’s or even programs for school, to deter criminal incentives. Assessing students mental and spiritual well-being I important. We’ve had godless schools for so long yet to what gain? Would it hurt to take further mental and spiritual approaches?

  • @jozae3836
    @jozae38363 жыл бұрын

    Lowkey

  • @jaymesonbell8040
    @jaymesonbell80402 жыл бұрын

    I think cops are needed in schools. as long as they have the right training and resources. my school doesn't have a resource officer but personally I would feel safer if there was a SRO in my school

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    Why do you say that?

  • @DrCarstairs
    @DrCarstairs4 жыл бұрын

    Fair Question. We did not have an officer stationed in my High School, at least not that I am aware of; but there was one at my kids High School (we knew him - use to be a Baptist preacher, actually married my wife and I). Eventually, after my kids were out of school he was accused of an inappropriate relationship with a High School student and went to jail for it. Maybe having a Police presence isn't so bad, a outreach staff that interacts with the students but is NOT composed of peace officers with arrest powers or weapons. A separate School Security staff should be fine, possibly including off-duty and retired police (armed at the discretion of the district). Good question. I sure there will be many good ideas concerning this topic. Thank you Above The Noise.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment!

  • @dramonmaster222
    @dramonmaster2224 жыл бұрын

    We had Resource Officers but honestly we didn't need them.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment! How many officers did your school have?

  • @dramonmaster222

    @dramonmaster222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise I graduated in 1998 so it's been awhile. I Believe we had at least 2.

  • @user-TonyUK
    @user-TonyUK8 ай бұрын

    Why do Amrican shools need Police in attendance? I never once saw a Police Office in any of the Schools I went to from the age of 5 to the age of 16, OK we in the UK do NOT CARRY FIREARM, and have very little experience of shootings.

  • @sometimesitdobelikethatdoe
    @sometimesitdobelikethatdoe2 жыл бұрын

    Wow this didn’t age well

  • @AlyviaAshley
    @AlyviaAshley8 ай бұрын

    We were friends with the cop at our school😂🤷🏽‍♀️ legit the entire school loved him, idk I feel like that might have helped my view point of the uniform

  • @taxdragon
    @taxdragon4 жыл бұрын

    Very distracting to have the video interrupted by adverts twice.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can thank KZread/Google for that!

  • @taxdragon

    @taxdragon

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise You should complain (unless it's making you a bunch of money). Two interruptions in a 9 minute video is excessive. That was in addition to the one before the video started.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@taxdragon We can look into it and see if there is anything we can do on our end. Thanks for letting us know!

  • @NotHPotter

    @NotHPotter

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@taxdragon If it's that distracting, you can always get KZread Premium.

  • @jillghjgkfdl2418
    @jillghjgkfdl241811 ай бұрын

    No.

  • @DeeDaKaang1
    @DeeDaKaang1 Жыл бұрын

    As the Head of Security at a Middle School. In the 4 years I've been here I generally act as "The Chief Of Police" and the SRO is generally like the SWAT team that only gets called in case of emergency. I also believe that black SRO's should be stationed in black schools.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and taking the time to weigh in on the conversation about this topic. Sounds like you've got hard-earned experience and perspective!

  • @amysand5400

    @amysand5400

    Жыл бұрын

    If there had to be SROs in schools, this is probably the best way to go about it. Do not have them interact unless they absolutely have to.

  • @joebaby1006
    @joebaby10063 жыл бұрын

    I love police. There should be one in my house. 😘😘😘😘😘

  • @juicyjimmy9136
    @juicyjimmy91363 жыл бұрын

    i agree with the video and understand completely were he is coming from and also school shooting need to stop along with police brutality.

  • @samanthamccloskey6369
    @samanthamccloskey63692 жыл бұрын

    Yes there should be trained and armed guards in schools. I don’t think they should be involved in regular disciplinary action. They should merely be present for potential school shootings, and remain separate from students wandering without a pass or hallways make outs. Their only position is protecting the school from life threatening violence. And if minority students are uncomfortable with white officers and potential bias they may have, there are many black officers that could be in those schools.

  • @adlerbr12
    @adlerbr12 Жыл бұрын

    The people you said were killed by police did something to be detained by police and resisted arrest.

  • @Aes_Saru
    @Aes_Saru4 жыл бұрын

    What channel is this and why is it on my thing.

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because you are awesome, it's no wonder that the KZread algorithm wanted to show you an awesome video -- ours!

  • @Aes_Saru

    @Aes_Saru

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise get off my feed!

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Aes_Saru Never! Mwa ha ha!

  • @Aes_Saru

    @Aes_Saru

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AboveTheNoise wait.... is this one I sub to or did KZread autosub me. That's why I'm questioning this.

  • @jasjfl

    @jasjfl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Comrad Saru lol they can’t take themselves off your feed. KZread is weird sometimes. Been subscribed to random channels before too. Just ignore it if you’re not interested.

  • @ericjackson6471
    @ericjackson64713 жыл бұрын

    Well I live n Los Angeles, and if I'm a gangster that has beef with another kid and I know what school they attend, what or who is gonna stop me from walking on campus or going n2 their class room. I would b excited 2 know that as the gangster, I'm the only one with a gun. The school has 2 fear me. Their is NO ONE 2 stop me from doing what I want 2 do on campus. We normally have armed security to protect our banks, jewellery stores and elected officials. But when it comes 2 the safety of our children, BLM and the left said they don't need security. It's funny. A few yrs ago, Elected officials were contemplating arming teachers to deal with worst case scenarios. What changed?? Lol. Lucky kids have been out of physical school due 2 COVID.

  • @leannthomas2103
    @leannthomas21034 жыл бұрын

    YES !!!

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell us more!

  • @harsharnkaur2075
    @harsharnkaur20754 жыл бұрын

    Easy, no!

  • @AboveTheNoise

    @AboveTheNoise

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell us more!

  • @chrismoore4107
    @chrismoore41077 ай бұрын

    Yea cops should be in schools

  • @eliasramzy1494
    @eliasramzy14943 жыл бұрын

    You guys really want chaos

  • @TacticalBullets
    @TacticalBullets2 жыл бұрын

    sad that schools need armed police just so kids can be safe

  • @blyt5046
    @blyt50462 жыл бұрын

    school has sure changed, when I was in school we had zero police officers. seems like a pipeline to move kids from school to jails. the very idea of kids in grade school being handcuffed seems offensive.makes me happy all mine are adults. most of my grandkids are now being homeschooled. smh I'm so happy for homeschooling.