West Side Violence Prevention Group Helping CPS Design Alternatives To Cops In Schools: ‘A Whole Different Way Of Them Doing Things’ – Block Club Chicago

The engagement process is not aimed at pressuring school communities into getting rid of on-campus officers, said Jamey Makowski, BUILD’s director of core programs. Safety recommendations that could come out of the series of focus groups could include a shift toward restorative justice practices and greater investment in mental health resources.
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The True Believer
5 years ago

This is the ghetto patronage operation created and nurtured by the black caucus to act as political workers. Sophia King is entirely in favor of ghetto patronage pro criminal violence interruption ex bangers instead of sworn police officers.

Eugene from a pay phone
5 years ago

You can tell from the reports of shootings, armed robberies and neighborhood disputes over the most minor of problems that parents are just the ones we need maintaining schools as conflict free zones.

Heyjude
5 years ago

Having “decades of experience” doesn’t mean “decades of success”. The record of violence in Chicago shows the failure of these liberal ideas.

debtsor
5 years ago

Like I’ve been saying, they want the police out of the situation, so they can handle disputes ‘on their own’….and that never ends well…

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