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Students and advocates urge transparency, limits on school resource officers at FPC meeting
Summary
Several youth advocates and community members told the Fire and Police Commission they oppose school resource officers in Milwaukee Public Schools, called Act 12 harmful, and requested clearer complaint processes and stronger, ongoing training for officers working with students.
Several speakers at the Nov. 6 Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission meeting urged the commission to increase transparency and limit the role of school resource officers (SROs) in Milwaukee Public Schools.
Lydia Espana, an organizer with Voces de la Frontera speaking for Youth Empowered in the Struggle, said the 2020 school board decision to remove officers from schools was a positive step and called Act 12, the Wisconsin law that requires SROs in high schools, a rollback of that progress. "Police in schools do not make [students] feel safer," Espana said, and she criticized the training requirement, noting, "It's outrageous that officers assigned to work with children receive only 40 hours of training…
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