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Glad to see that we can all get along now.
Since many teachers are only seasonally employed, I wonder whether it might make sense to send them to summer school for Basic Law Enforcement Training (618 hours here, IIRC, and offered across the state by community colleges, etc.) and make them sworn officers in an auxillary capacity. You could streamline the curriculum significantly for the skills they would need, and create a special schools officer category, if necessary.
That would remove the carry concerns and they would have the same training (if not experience) as the patrol officers. Those who were serious should be willing to participate.
Additional training and qualifications could be offered in subsequent summers.
The only added cost would be the training and some additional pay for a few months when the teacher is not normally working. An incentive pay could be provided for those who make it.
Positive side is that the SROs would have armed partners within the schools. They should at some point, train with the new officers, possibly in an FTO type capacity.
Thoughts?
TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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