Instead of SROs, schools should invest in hiring coaches, mentors, counselors, and other support staff, especially as students continue to recover from trauma caused by the pandemic, says Woolard. “We should be first looking to fully fund the positions we already need.” The state must also ...
Seattle is not alone in hiring DACA recipients for police positions. Earlier in the year, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) made the same move. They even altered its written firearms policy to allow DACA cops to carry a firearm while off-duty. With newguidancefrom the Bureau of Alcoh...
According to the study, some departments in the City of Seattle have observed “a clear and positive benefit” from hiring incentives but “this must be weighed against other situations where this approach has potentially inherent drawbacks and equity issues for both the e...
While the Republican mayor and Superintendent Robert Beers agree on the need to provide the security they have differing opinions on how to do it. Beers favors hiring two resource officers, four retired law enforcement officers and up to three Class 3 police officers for the new school year. M...
modesty, and graciousness. Things which are incongruous with the practice of hiring agents of authority to alleviate congregants from the disadvantage of red lights while other people wait. I may not be the world’s best evangelist, but “these people first” doesn’t feel that welcoming to oth...