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In reply to the discussion: I don't get all the resistance to putting a cop in schools [View all]BarackTheVote
(938 posts)166. ... beat cops do cover McDonalds...
it's their job to patrol and keep the peace. But there is one eight hour period during every week day when we take all of our most vulnerable citizens, and cram them in a box. That box should be guarded with at LEAST the kind of security that f*cking gated communities can expect. And a well-paid, well-trained, on-duty police officer, who is ALREADY on the state's pay-roll is a far better option that a rent-a-cop paid by the school. This is all about coordinating the public resources to where they need to be when they need to be there.
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Do you have children or grandkids? This says the 'why not' better than I can.
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2012
#1
If a district is financially tapped out, who the heck is going to be able to pay additional....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#186
far better that than to inconvenience anyone's access to their precious toy guns.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#103
In Wisconsin, at least 20 years ago when I hunted guns were to only be allowed
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2012
#182
Just curious, but how many guns do you personally need for hunting purposes?....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#187
We could also see how well it would go over with the supreme court (who would throw out the tax)
Travis_0004
Dec 2012
#112
We pay for school supplies for each kid out of our own pocket at the start of each....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#185
If it was a supermax prison, the goal would be preventing people from getting out
BarackTheVote
Dec 2012
#70
You want to commit our children to armed prisons and retrofit every single classroom in every
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#130
Seriously, that is the gun humpers' wet dream. Everywhere they go they could admire the objects of
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2012
#211
They'll probably insist that the kids are all armed. This has gotten that crazy.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#195
well, once all the schools are covered, maybe they'll move on to daycare centers
spanone
Dec 2012
#8
Beat cops are not required to dedicate themselves to the neighborhood McDonalds. And we need to go
Squinch
Dec 2012
#192
Because some of us don't want to be constantly in DEFENSE mode against our fellow citizens.
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#9
Right. The fact is that we are never going to be free of people with bad intentions.
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#144
A part of a School Guard's life especially in the elementary school, is integrating with the
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#250
Yes it has, and no child has been traumatized. In elementary schools, they are Officer Friendly.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#212
Not much in life can be completely avoided. But we shift our priorities, as needed.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#245
This is the reason why America has become a laughingstock around the world
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2012
#10
I'd say putting cops in every school would be admitting our society has failed completely.
Liberal Veteran
Dec 2012
#21
We no longer have local cops on foot...friendly blue...like we used to who would get to know the
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#163
Thanks. Problem I see is that, like teachers, police officers are also in short supply.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#179
I see what you mean and like it. That would include mental health care, rearranging policies
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#194
Forgive me for not obsessively tapping the refresh button for ten minutes
BarackTheVote
Dec 2012
#53
From an educator's view...these people would be an integral part of the school and the kids lives.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#249
Other than the fact that there WAS a cop on campus at Columbine and it had no effect
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#27
BTW-WHO is going to pay for this? Republicans are cutting school funds & don't want taxes
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#32
I don't see a problem with a uniformed officer,but I'm somewhat skeptical about its effectiveness...
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#34
Oh brilliant, instead of dealing with the problem of gun nuts and paramilitaries and mental illness,
OregonBlue
Dec 2012
#40
Uh, they go to the mall and that doesn't seem to bother them. They walk into a bank...at least mine
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#73
It's a practical solution, a preventive one in Chicago. One officer and security guards are in all
ancianita
Dec 2012
#115
Law enforcement doctrine at the time said with an active shooter to call SWAT and wait
Kennah
Dec 2012
#129
Just resistence to the new awful recognition that this isn't the inner city or hormonal teenagers.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#72
Huh? Guess analogy or metaphor is lost on some people. Maybe you meant to say holster and handgun
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#158
What if the next massacre is in a candy store? Put a cop in every candy store?
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#76
Not one public dime. Paid for by the gun industry and their gigantic profits. Blow a hole
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#85
I have read at least a half dozen or so postings asking the same question
left is right
Dec 2012
#90
Pierre wasn't talking about cops in schools - he was talking about a volunteer militia
hatrack
Dec 2012
#92
Isn't a "volunteer militia" what we already have with all these gun nutz and their armories?
RC
Dec 2012
#201
1. The suggestion comes from the RW fascists at the NRA. That's reason enough.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#101
Wow! FAIL. Schools cannot hire teachers or buy books. You want to spend $50,000 - $100,000 on cops?
Logical
Dec 2012
#104
More guns is clearly NOT the answer to America's gun & violence problem.
kenny blankenship
Dec 2012
#107
Flag waving "patriotic" Repugs, slapping you on the back and stepping in for the photo op
BarackTheVote
Dec 2012
#181
By the time a madman breaks into a primary school with an assault rifle, we have already failed.
wickerwoman
Dec 2012
#119
How is this to be paid for? How many schools are there in this country? Which schools
Raine
Dec 2012
#125
Let's create a police state in order that the gun nuts can enjoy their freedoms
Democracyinkind
Dec 2012
#126
I don't think that idea is a good one because it isn't a healthy learning environment. The
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#133
In our small county the police are going to have an armed guard available UNTIL the school can
jwirr
Dec 2012
#147
This is sanity and public safety before politics and hysteria. Someone on the PTA and the school
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#231
You are six time more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist. Cops would kill kids in school.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#148
Good lord. This is beyond belief. In what decade do you predict we'll "clean up"
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#232
Seriously...so what's a timeline...best guess. It's vague and non-actionable, thus useless IMHO.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#236
Self-fulfilling prophecy. People react to how they are being treated. You will make everything worse
patrice
Dec 2012
#183
Jesus Christ said the atheist, what has changed is we are flooded with guns.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#199
I agree it isn't about more guns, glad you can hold two ideas in your head at the same time.
rainlillie
Dec 2012
#225
So, let's hear an undumb post...on this subject. Assuming other posts were read.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#218
Dress codes? have you ever sat on one of those committees?! Coats off immediately? With books?
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#221
Probably because it's a sad commentary on a supposedly civilized society. We have failed as a
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#228
It's silly to think an officer will stop the next massacre.....it didn't work that way at Columbine
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#252