Wow! I wonder if Mr. Obama would send his kids to these safe schools. Private education for himself and his kids, union schools for the masses.

We should also put cops in all offices to patrol the halls and make sure adults aren't causing trouble.

Just wait till a kid steals the cops gun and kills a few kids, then it won't look like such a good idea to put guns into the schools... One must ask, if these schools ain't dangerous, why must the cop carry a gun in it?

The reason for the decline in citations is a mandate from the Mayor. RT does not want to have this program fail. RT wants the results to be positive and favorable so that he can boast all is well. As an employee for the Minneapolis Public Schools I have noticed a difference in how juveniles are being treated by City police. They treat them as they would on the streets. Park police are used to working with kids in the parks and are little more patient and less aggressive towards them, at least in my school. All is not well RT and LT. Ask some of us that work with the new SRO's and can articulate the differences.

I'm curious as to what the unions are doing to make schools unsafe? Elaborate please (if you can lol).

The Minneapolis Park Police are a JOKE (Trust me, I worked for them). The school district made the right decision bringing back a department that has the necessary resources to deal with a school environment.

(School Resource Officers) are one of the best concepts in LE to come about in decades. The old belief that an SRO was a guy who couldn't carry his end of the log on the street is long gone. Maybe this was true early on, but in the last 6 years or so every SRO I've met is as dedicated and professional as any other specialized LE such as Investigators. from a prior supervisor & now admin's viewpoint, our SRO is a godsend. Because of him we can keep a day/afternoon shift patrol officer on the street a good 15% or more available manhours than if that officer had to be responding to school calls & assisting in programs & special events. Also our SRO's rapport with students & teachers is invaluable in aspects from public relations to criminal & drug investigations...

protect and serve!!! thank you for bringing them back...maybe we can bring back the cameras at intersections and reduce red light runners.

You wouldn't put a doctor in a clinic without a stethoscope. You wouldn't put a pilot in an airport without an airplane. So why would you put a cop anywhere, on duty, without the essential tools of the trade? There have been police liaison officers in schools across the country for years without incidents similar to what you describe. Recall the recent school shootings (Columbine, Red Lake, etc). These were premeditated attacks in which the students brought the weapons to the attack. There are some soicopaths out there that could act in the way you described, but an armed officer is more of a deterent from that than an unarmed officer.

First off, if there are cops in schools, it won't stop someone from starting another "Columbine" type of shooting. Look at the one city hall meeting someone opened fire at with a police department feet away. If someone does plan to go postal in a school with a cop, the cop is likely the first target... and let's be real honest, how often do you see a cop in the news for one shot, one kill? The cop's just as likely to kill someone trying to get away as they are likely to hit the gunman. The last fact. IF a kid gets a hold of a gun, They might have limited ammo. The odds are in high favor of the kids getting a hold of the officers gun, since they planned the attack. So again, unless these officers see the future, your putting a gun in a school that someday might kill kids... For what reason?