Before I start, I'd like to explain that my highschool is not dangerous to anyone that chooses to stay out of danger. However, if you choose to be a drug-dealer, a gang banger, or other criminal, it then gets dangerous for you. The reason for this disclaimer is that we've had close to, or maybe over 20 on campus fights so far in this school year.
Out of these 20 fights, I believe that only 2 were stopped by the cops at the school. The other 18+ fights have been stopped by janitors, teachers, other students, lunch ladies, ect.
The people at my school obviously are not afraid of the cops. I witnessed one of the two fights stopped by cops, and the second the cop got in the fray the two fighters kept fighting. One of them, either intentionally or unintentionally, assaulted him. There is no fear of them.
The only possible use I could think of for having them around campus, in light of the shit job they've been doing, is to have some firearms around just in case some fucker decides to shoot the place up. However, in schools- cops are not allowed to carry guns!
So, I've come up with a few solutions that the city could do-
They could make it to where cops could proactively use non-lethal weapons like pepper spray (which they can currently only use after they are personally assaulted) to break up fights. They should also arm cops with those fashionable beating sticks riot police carry.
Or, they could arm the faculty with things like pepper spray and give them more leeway in handling fights on campus.
Or- get rid of the cops altogether, so that the fights can be handled out of the sight of the law by the peers of those fighting. I could have easily broken up one of the fights that happened at the school- but usually the students that get into fights, even to break them up, are arrested.
what do you think of these ideas? Do you think I'm complaining for nothing? Discuss.
Out of these 20 fights, I believe that only 2 were stopped by the cops at the school. The other 18+ fights have been stopped by janitors, teachers, other students, lunch ladies, ect.
The people at my school obviously are not afraid of the cops. I witnessed one of the two fights stopped by cops, and the second the cop got in the fray the two fighters kept fighting. One of them, either intentionally or unintentionally, assaulted him. There is no fear of them.
The only possible use I could think of for having them around campus, in light of the shit job they've been doing, is to have some firearms around just in case some fucker decides to shoot the place up. However, in schools- cops are not allowed to carry guns!
So, I've come up with a few solutions that the city could do-
They could make it to where cops could proactively use non-lethal weapons like pepper spray (which they can currently only use after they are personally assaulted) to break up fights. They should also arm cops with those fashionable beating sticks riot police carry.
Or, they could arm the faculty with things like pepper spray and give them more leeway in handling fights on campus.
Or- get rid of the cops altogether, so that the fights can be handled out of the sight of the law by the peers of those fighting. I could have easily broken up one of the fights that happened at the school- but usually the students that get into fights, even to break them up, are arrested.
what do you think of these ideas? Do you think I'm complaining for nothing? Discuss.