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Should School Police be Armed?

 

• Family of Florida Teen Body-slammed by School Officer Demands His Firing, NBC News, 2021

• Chicago Police Are Facing a Lawsuit After Video Showed Officers Beating 16-Year-Old, TeenVogue, 2019

• Video Shows Chicago Officers Punching and Dragging a 16-year-old Girl Down the Stairs, CNN, 2019

• Amid Post-Parkland Calls for School-Based Police, $500,000 Settlement Gives Critics Reason for Caution, The74Million.org, 2018

• The Other Side Of School Safety: Students Are Getting Tasered And Beaten By Police, Huffington Post, 2018

• Ending Excessive Force in Schools, ACLU of Pennsylvania, 2017

• Police Assault on Black Students in Kentucky Sparks Calls for Reform, ACLU, 2017

• ‘Excessive force’: Judge Rules in Favor of Children Who Were Handcuffed at School, Washington Post, 2017

• School Police Might Once Again Get Military Equipment Under Trump Policy Reversal, Education Week, 2017

• Troubled Cops Land Jobs in Georgia Schools, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2017

• Who is Holding Districts and School Police Accountable?, ACLU of Pennsylvania, 2017 

• Violent Woodland Hills Incidents Shed Light on the Role of Law Enforcement in Schools, Pittsburgh City Paper, 2017

• Video Shows Principal Holding a Student's Head While He's Shocked with a Stun Gun, Attorney Says, The Washington Post, 2017

• Justice Dept. Investigation Flags Use of Force Against Students by Chicago Police,  Education Week, 2017

• Outrage Over Video Showing Cop Body-Slamming Teen Girl, CBS News, 2017

• ACLU Sues Kansas City Public Schools For Handcuffing A Crying 7-Year-Old, Huffington Post, 2016

• Three Students File Lawsuit Alleging Excessive Use of Force by Abilene ISD School Resource Officer, University of Texas Law School, 2016

• School Police Officer’s Attack on Baltimore Teen Raises Questions About Cops on Campus, The Washington Times, 2016

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Should School Police be Armed?

• The Slaughter Schoolhouse: Why Carrying Rifles All Day Is a Bad Idea, 2023

• Pittsburgh School Board Votes Against Arming District Police, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2018

• Pittsburgh Public Schools Police Chief Laments Board Decision Not to Arm School Officers, Public Source, 2018

• Arming Baltimore School Police Might Do More Harm than Good, Baltimore Sun [Editorial], 2018

• How Likely is Pittsburgh to Arm its School Officers?, Public Source, 2018

• Don’t Arm School Police: There is No Evidence It Increases Safety, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2017

• Powerful Rifles At Center of Gun Debates Are Also Used by Some School Police, Education Week, 2016

• Seven Reasons Not to Mandate Armed Officers in Schools, The Urban Institute, 2013

• School Security Chiefs List Serve Discussion: Armed vs. Unarmed School Security Officers, U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug‐Free Schools, 2010