CPS Explores What Safety Looks Like Without School Resource Officers

24/05/2024 13 min
CPS Explores What Safety Looks Like Without School Resource Officers

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Episode Synopsis

Earlier this year, the city’s Board of Education unanimously voted to remove school resource officers, or SROs, from school buildings. Since then, Chicago Public Schools has come up with a new school safety plan without police officers, that instead explores alternatives that focus on mediation over punishment. Reset checks with Chalkbeat reporter Reema Amin to learn more about this new safety plan.

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