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FROM PAGE 21 of training prevents an o cer from lling an SRO gap at a school. e main issue brought up is that required annual training would be di cult for more rural police forces who would have to travel more often, an issue Kolker acknowledged and said is being worked on.

“I think it is important they get the training up front, but I think we all understand in the District — as the only District that has had three school shootings — if there’s an o cer to ll a void where we don’t have an SRO, and they don’t have the training yet, we’d be glad to onboard them prior to getting that training as opposed to not having an SRO onboard,” Pierson said.

Mithuen believes more that a wise choice of o cer for an SRO — works well with children, interested in the job — is just as important, and training is more supplementary.

Without the caveat excusing an o cer from being trained for the SRO position beforehand, Pierson believes it would “tie not just law enforcement hands, but tie ours up as well.”

“I think SROs can have a negative image depending on the experience in that particular district, so I think that is always the eyebrow raise when you bring up the initial SRO….,” Kolker said in response to whether there has been push back against the bill.

“Again, the goal is to provide the right training and the right resources so that we have more positive experiences.”

Some advocacy groups in Denver, such as Movimiento Poder, believe that training is not the issue, but the presence of police in schools themselves.

Movimiento Poder points to Colorado Department of Education data showing that Black students are disproportionately referred to law enforcement at school in Denver compared to their population and to the number of white students referred to police.

“You never know if someone’s there, what it is or what is not going to happen. It’s proven that SROs are essential for safety in the schools,” Mithuen said when asked about opponents to SROs in schools, pointing again to weapons, drugs, and evacuations, along with more violent situations such as school shooters, as examples of safety SROs help with.

Various studies from the University of Maryland, Brown University, University of Connecticut and more have shown little support for SROs preventing school shootings, and often arrests increase signi cantly, replacing school disciplinary action, again, leaning toward minority students.

“We can either do nothing, and there’s still going to be the negative, or we can try and make them better,” Kolker said. “And I think any kind of training we can receive, the ultimate goal is to make ourselves better.”

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