{"id":99544,"date":"2019-03-12T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99544"},"modified":"2019-03-12T12:09:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:09:59","slug":"stirpe-school-resource-officers-help-students-learn-in-a-safe-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99544","title":{"rendered":"Stirpe: School resource officers help students learn in a safe environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The last place a child should ever feel threatened is at\nschool. Our schools should be safe and intellectually nurturing, but tragedies\nin places like Parkland, Fla., make it clear that we\u2019re not doing enough to\nmake this a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While outlandish ideas such as arming our teachers have been\nproposed, there are commonsense measures we can take that aren\u2019t drastic or\nshort-sighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conversations with parents, administrators and concerned\ncommunity members, there is one plan that has widespread support: increasing\nthe number of school resource officers. They are responsible for safety and\ncrime prevention on school grounds. They wear many hats and often are the first\nadult a child sees when they enter school each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SROs not only prevent and respond to emergencies, but also\nhelp create educational programs, prevent drug abuse, curb violence and can\ncomplement existing school counseling resources. As the need for these vital\nofficers increases, we must make it easier for trained personnel who know our\ncommunities to fulfill these roles, such as retired police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why I introduced legislation to create a\ncomprehensive training program so that retired officers hired for this\nimportant role have the training they need to protect students (A.6456).\nTraining would include tactical response, in addition to community policing\ntechniques that would work with school mental health professionals to identify\nand prevent problems before incidents occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measure would rely on BOCES as a central resource for\nretired-officer SRO training and certification. The legislation would also\nleave it up to school districts whether they wanted to use these trained\nofficers or continue to contract with local police departments, though I\u2019ve\nalready heard from districts that want to participate, as employing more\nretired law enforcement officers is also cost-effective and could save\ndistricts money in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping our families and students safe has always been my\ntop priority, and I\u2019ll make sure this year\u2019s budget includes measures to better\nprotect our communities. From pushing bills to strengthen school safety\nmeasures to fighting for more funding for local schools, I\u2019m working every day\nto give our kids the quality education they deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions about this or any other community\nissue, feel free to contact my office at 315.452.1115 or StirpeA@nyassembly.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last place a child should ever feel threatened is at school. Our schools should be safe and intellectually nurturing, but tragedies in places like Parkland, Fla., make it clear that we\u2019re not doing enough to make this a reality. While outlandish ideas such as arming our teachers have been proposed, there are commonsense measures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,32,8],"tags":[1339,25237,25238],"class_list":["post-99544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-crime","category-top-story","tag-assemblyman-al-stirpe","tag-cicero-no","tag-parkland-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}