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Board member cites district police data showing steep drop in school-related charges
Summary
Board member Duncan summarized a district police report noting about 13,228 calls to schools last year (around 2,202 during the school day) and said roughly 3.5% of those calls resulted in charges against students, a decline from earlier years.
During board reports on June 30, Board member Duncan highlighted statistics from a report by the district police chief, Todd Kessinger, saying the department had about "13,228 calls to schools last year," of which roughly "2,202" occurred during the school day. Duncan said approximately "3.5%" of those calls resulted in a student having charges filed, down from earlier rates she recalled near 13%.
Duncan said the decline in both calls and the share leading to charges indicates fewer incidents requiring formal charges and praised the police department's role in deterring crime and providing consistent response. She cautioned that declining statistics should not discourage appropriate enforcement when necessary.
The transcript records Duncan's comments and the headline numbers; the police report itself (the underlying document) is not included in the transcript, and the board did not provide a full written breakdown in the meeting record that appears in the transcript.
