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Sometimes the mere presence of a weapon can escalate the situation.
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Breaking the schoolyard-to-jail-yard link
Weber has spent time researching the effectiveness of school resource officers. She has been told having an armed officer in a school protects students in the case of a live shooter. Research, however, doesn’t support the conclusion these officers are effectively stopping school shootings, she said.
University of Maryland researchers found, in a nationwide survey of 270 high school and middle school principals from 2003 to 2008, that schools with resource officers reported more serious crimes, more minor crimes and higher rates for student expulsions than schools without that officer presence.
This is what the future of policing could look like
USA TODAY journalists spent months interviewing more than 100 people about how they wanted to see police work changed. This is the future they envision.
Story by Jeff Schwaner, Staunton News Leader and illustrations by Jeff Morris, USA TODAY Network
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4:23 pm UTC Mar. 23, 2021
Welcome to the future.
A future where you’re driving and feel safe in your vehicle no matter your skin color. A future where a police officer parks on your street not to arrest one of your neighbors but because she is one of your neighbors.
Where you punch in a 3-digit phone code if you need help, and it’s not 911. And when professional help comes, it doesn’t come with handcuffs, a Taser and a gun.
JUSTICE IN MY TOWN - FUTURE OF POLICE
Identity crisis: White supremacist, racist American cops must be removed, experts say. It will take resolve.
Studies have shown that white supremacy has made its way into police forces across the nation. These experts weighed in on how to extract it.
William Ramsey, Staunton News Leader
Published
7:28 pm UTC Apr. 11, 2021
Studies have shown that white supremacy has made its way into police forces across the nation. These experts weighed in on how to extract it.
William Ramsey, Staunton News Leader
Published
7:28 pm UTC Apr. 11, 2021
Heather Taylor remembers reading post after post.
There were more than 400 of them. Facebook posts containing Confederate flags, anti-immigrant and homophobic and racist rhetoric. Posts sharing memes from white supremacist groups. It all hit too close to home.
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