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Untrained Police Officers in Schools Focus on Girls of Color, Report Says

Sep 25, 2017, 10:34 AM 0

By Bill Myers Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Black girls are nearly four times more likely to be arrested at school than their white counterparts and Latina girls are almost three times more likely to be arrested in elementary school…

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Latino organization instrumental in crafting new school-police agreement to halt school-to-prison pipeline

Feb 19, 2013, 3:07 PM 0

LatinaLista — While the national debate rages about arming teachers with guns and putting more police officers on school campuses to thwart anymore mass school murders, one school district has entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with its local police…