Do Schools Care About Kids’ Safety Anymore?, with Mo Canady

The head of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO), Mo Canady joins us to talk about a self-inflicted safety crisis at many American schools because school boards are terminating their in-school police presence. They are banning School Resource Officers, and more and more parents are outraged. Mo has been a member of NASRO’s board since 2005. And before that he held positions in law enforcement, and as an instructor for NASRO.

One of the more notable recent events is where a 17-year-old student at Garfield High School was shot and killed on June 6th in a school parking lot after trying to break up a fight between two other boys.

There is no way of knowing if the shooting could have been prevented, but one thing is clear. There was no police presence at the school. This after the Seattle School Board voted in 2020 to remove the position of School Resource Officer at the school. That district is one of roughly 70 in the country to do so.

In this episode, we talk about those School Resource Officers – or SROs - and the vital role they play in school communities.

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Links from Our Conversation

After Shooting, Seattle Parents Regret School Kicking Out Officers in 2020: “Who is protecting our babies?”, Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/media/after-shooting-seattle-parents-regret-school-kicking-out-officers-2020-who-protecting-our-babies/

Garfield High Used to Have a Cop, but Seattle Schools Canceled the Job, Seattle Times, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/garfield-high-used-to-have-a-cop-but-seattle-schools-canceled-the-job/#:~:text=But%20the%20Seattle%20School%20Board,and%20four%20other%20Seattle%20schools/

Chicago Board of Education Unanimously Votes to End CPD Contract, Remove SROs, Police1, https://www.police1.com/school-resource-officer/chicago-board-of-education-unanimously-votes-to-end-cpd-contract-remove-sros#:~:text=CHICAGO%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Chicago%20Board%20of,2024-25%20school%20year%20starts.

More School Districts are Bringing Back or Adding Police, USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/09/11/more-school-districts-are-bringing-back-or-adding-school-resource-officers/7073111800t/