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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Harris
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Public School System - School Police
FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief of School Police, Baltimore City Public School System and the Baltimore City Police Commissioner to report to the City Council on the efficacy of the proposed merger of the school police with the Baltimore City police force to address juvenile crime and increasing gang activity in the public school system.
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Baltimore City school administration and police officials are reportedly seriously considering merging the school police with the Baltimore City police force to help curtail crime and to address the upsurge in gang activity by school age children that is taking place within the City's middle and high schools. Under the proposal, responsibility for the safety of the City's schools and the approximately 83,000 student enrollment would be transferred to the Police Department.
The Maryland Association of School Resource Officers is comprised of police officers, probation officers, school administrators, school counselors, parents, and teachers "who care about maintaining safe schools in Maryland". School Resource Officers, or school police, serve 3 major roles in Maryland Schools:
· as Law Enforcement Officers within the school and surrounding community.
· as instructors who teach law r...
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