#NoCopsNoGuns: Investing in Real Solutions
Research and the experiences of students across the country tells us that relationships between students, parents, and staff are more important in making a school safe than increased security measures. Instead of more police, schools need to implement strategies that create positive, supportive learning environments that phase out law enforcement, not increase their presence.
Police in Schools Are Not the Answer to School Shootings
We are reissuing Police in Schools are Not the Answer to the Newtown Shootings, an issue brief that our organizations released in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. At the time, many of the responses to the shooting focused on placing more police officers and more guns in schools. Research […]
