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??? Minnesota has had School Resource Officers (licensed police officers) in many of its schools since the Clinton administration, and the program works and works very well. These officers not only protect the kids but they counsel troubled teens, investigate thefts, assaults, sexual misconduct and enforce traffic law and are trained to assist with medical emergencies. They aren't seen as armed occupiers but are viewed as a valuable resource to the school community.
The National Rifle Association has been under heavy criticism since holding a press conference on December 21 in response to the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. During his remarks, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for armed police officers in every school in America as a way to prevent the next Sandy Hook and to protect America's kids. The idea was immediately classified as "out of touch" and "unsympathetic" to the situation by anti-Second Amendment advocacy groups calling for more gun control and a renewal of the Clinton-era assault weapons ban. A Gallup...
too costly our cops here make 70000 a yr base pay and that doesn't include shift pay, longevity, specialty and premium pay, uniform allowance (why I don't know city buys their uniforms), great wages, pensions, overtime, holiday pay and it goes on and on