Police stations at schools? (salaries, regular, solutions, cost)

[PullMyFinger]

I’m sure this has been discussed here before. Why not require police be stationed at every school as a part of their work day? They could have their own building attached to the school and monitor security cameras while doing the business of their day to day.

[Roboteer]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

I’m sure this has been discussed here before. Why not require police be stationed at every school as a part of their work day? They could have their own building attached to the school and monitor security cameras while doing the business of their day to day.

Good idea. Then the school shooters will know where to shoot first, during the cops' morning briefing. After hitting there, they'll have the rest of the school to themselves for the 5-7 minutes it always takes for regular cops to show up, and they can rack up the nice, big body count they wanted before they're finally killed. They'll be more confident, knowing they will have weeks of blazing headlines after they're dead, which is what they really want.

I'm sure they'll thank you for it. One way or another.

[Retroit]

I think a police officer should be present when children are entering school in the morning and going through the metal detectors. After that, the doors should be locked (preventing entry, not exit) and the officer is no longer needed.

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

Good idea. Then the school shooters will know where to shoot first, during the cops' morning briefing.

Why doesn’t that happen at police stations now?

[Dane_in_LA]

And this is how the second amendment keeps children from growing up in a police state.

[pknopp]

Don't turn in your homework......spend a night in the box. Be late for class.......spend a night in the box. Speak out of line.....spend a night in the box.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Retroit

I think a police officer should be present when children are entering school in the morning and going through the metal detectors. After that, the doors should be locked (preventing entry, not exit) and the officer is no longer needed.

And when one already inside opens a door to admit a co-conspirator?

[dspguy]

I think the underlying issue with many of these solutions for reducing the number of school shootings is that they all cost money. Money that no one wants to throw towards education. If every school had 2-3 officers on rotation on premises at all times, each town would need to employ that many more police officers. That extra payroll will show up on your property taxes or would result in an increase in state income tax and possibly sales tax. Somebody would have to pay for that.

However, even that solution is questionable at best. Given that the armed officer on Parkland's premises stayed outside the school, it calls into question what good even that would do. Same with arming teachers. How long until we see the first headlines of:

- a student overwhelming a teacher and shooting up a school?
- a teacher not engaging a shooter with their firearm?
- a teacher not properly securing their firearm and it falling into the hands of a first-grader?

But even if it did work, how would we pay for it? Why not treat it the way we treat other taxes such as alcohol and tobacco? Hell, the ATF regulates those two already, we can add firearms in there. Alcohol and Tobacco have steep taxes imposed on those who use those products. Have the owners of these firearms pay the salaries of the officers that have to protect the kids in these schools. Treat firearms like personal property. Tax them yearly.

If we want to the right to own these firearms, we should be chipping in to the cost of protecting the people at risk from being hurt from these firearms.

[robr2]

...and my town of 24K residents will have to build 6 police stations all manned by a commanding officer and support staff 24x7? Yeah right.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

I’m sure this has been discussed here before. Why not require police be stationed at every school as a part of their work day? They could have their own building attached to the school and monitor security cameras while doing the business of their day to day.

That way the local Sheriff's Department can just stand outside the police station with a cup of coffee and do nothing rather than stand outside the school.