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At City Council's July 25, 2023 study session meeting, LWSD Safety Services Director, Scott Emory explained the district's re-naming of "School Resource Officer" to "School Liaison Officer." He indicated the State of Washington Superintendent was behind the change.
In response to a question from CM Steve Fields, Emory explained the change was to mitigate police involvement with student discipline and miss behaviors; rather leave discipline up to district staff and administration.
One Police Liaison Officer would still be assigned to each high school (and it's community of schools) but their only duty is law enforcement. Police involvement in mental health would be only secondary to the administration and staff. (Police Chief Lowe said one mental health officer is "embedded" in the department.)
Councilmember David Carson agreed with the program but couldn't see why the title had to be re-named.
-- Reported by Bob Yoder, 7/26/2023
Source: RCTV, 7/25/2023
[North Shore SRO position: https://www.nsd.org/get-involved/task-forces-committees/sro-task-force]
Typical woke approach. Focusing on law enforcement is fine. But the value of community policing in schools goes beyond law enforcement.
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