Twelve police officers will be stationed in 11 Denver high schools beginning next week in response to the recent shooting of two East High administrators by a student.
Twelve police officers will be stationed in 11 Denver high schools beginning next week in response to theTwo armed and uniformed officers from the Denver Police Department will be at East High School when classes resume Wednesday after spring break. Additionally, one officer will be at each of the following high schools: North, South, West, Montbello, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, Kennedy, Manual and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College.
“This is not the ultimate solution in creating safety in schools,” Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said of reinstating school resource officers. “We still believe there needs to be a community conversation so the ultimate decision is youth-informed and community-led.” , the school board last week directed Superintendent Alex Marrerro “to work collaboratively with Mayor Michael B. Hancock and other elected officials to offer and externally fund as many as two armed police officers and as many as two additional mental health professionals to include but not limited to talk, group, family and/or art therapy at all high schools for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year.
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