California schools spend millions on police officers, with little public discussion
California school districts pay cities and counties millions of dollars a year to put law enforcement officers on campuses, according to a recent EdSource investigation. And in many districts, these contracts are passed with no public discussion and litt
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Show Notes
California school districts pay cities and counties millions of dollars a year to put law enforcement officers on campuses, according to a recent EdSource investigation. And in many districts, these contracts are passed with no public discussion and little oversight of officers' duties on campuses.
Guests:
- Thomas Peele, Investigative reporter, EdSource
- Daniel J. Willis, Data reporter, EdSource
This episode also includes public comment and discussion from a Folsom-Cordova Unified School District board meeting in May 2024.
Read more from EdSource:
- California school districts spend millions on policing, with little scrutiny
- Numerous districts don’t heed federal advice to bar police from enforcing school rules
- Resource officers’ ‘position of trust’ with students sometimes exploited
- How one rural county pays for its resource officers
- How we obtained and examined contracts for school resource officers
- Read the whole series here: Calling the Cops
Education Beat is a weekly podcast, hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.
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