'It is a piece of the puzzle that's missing in some schools,' said a former Colorado SRO of 20 years. 'And that piece going in and returning to the schools is going to make a world of difference.' KlopezNews reports. EdColo COPolitics
DENVER — Armed officers will once again be at Denver high schools following the shooting two deans at East High on Wednesday.
"I don't know the specific reason that the school board voted the way they did. I had talked at one point in time when that was going on, saying it was a bad decision to remove the school resource officers out of Denver Public Schools," Collis said."A lot of them were great friends of mine, the men and women that were doing the job doing great things as their school resource officers within the school system in Denver, and it was sad when they got removed.
"The school resource officers are trained. They have additional training. I went through training on dealing with various mental health issues, those on the autism spectrum, trying to advance myself and then share that information with others on how to deal with these situations that will come up in the schools.""I know a lot of the schools and a lot of the places around said, 'This is a bad choice to move them out.
Denver7's in-depth reporting this week shows that even studies on the impacts of SROs are mixed. The most comprehensive came from the National Institute of Justice, which determined that school policing was"not an effective way to increase safety and security."Collins adds that it's important to make sure officers are a good fit.
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