by Bob Walsh
A
proposal to shitcan the Stockton Unified School District Police
Department has been changed from an action item to a discussion item.
Lange Luntao, the member of the Board of Trustees to made the proposal,
also made the change. Other members of the board made the request of
him in order to bring some other items into the discussion.
The President on the Board, Kathy Garcia, believes the PD is just great.
It
is hard to judge public input solidly due to a number of different
venues of comment, but the public opinion seems to be running about 4-1
in favor of dumping the department. The district created its own
police force in 1987.
One
of the big beefs with the department is that police actions by it seem
to land disproportionately on non-White students. The fact that there
is about 17 White students in the whole school district doesn't seem to
matter much. The U. S. Census Department asserts that San Joaquin
County is probably the most ethnically diverse county in the whole
country.
Luntao
has said flat-out that he wants to take the PD budget, which is about
$6-8 million, and move it to "other programs and services that have been
proven to be more effective in supporting the well-being of students
and keeping students safe." I guess actual physical safety is not one
of those things that he believes helps keep students safe.
2 comments:
When the shit hits the fan, push a school counselor out the door and let them talk him down.
Or let them absorb bullets until the bad guy runs out of ammo.
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