White House Considers Funding for Cops in Schools

[Charles L. Cotton]

Ok we give you cops in schools YOU give us AR and Mag ban.....I can see it coming!

Some would call that compromise.

Doesn't anyone checks facts before they throw this stuff out? The COPS program already exists but Obama wanted the funding cut. These are not federal officer, it's money going to districts to hire officers.


Chas.

[Bob in Big D]

The White House has found that even many Democrats support the idea of cops in schools. Senator Barbara Boxer told the Post, "If a school district wants to have a community policing presence, I think it’s very important they have it." Ninety percent of large, urban high schools already have SROs on duty; however, the majority of schools, especially at the elementary level, have no security at all.
President Bill Clinton initiated a program which offered federal funding to offset the costs of hiring school resource officers, but the money was cut over the last five years. Even if the White House does embrace the new plan, it will not be as extensive as the NRA recommendation. Effectively, the administration would be restoring funding to a program that had fallen out of favor.

While I understand this was initiated by Clinton and has fallen out of favor with Obama, all I was trying to say is that I don't believe this administration will restore funding without trying to get something in return. Sorry for the confusion. I hope this is clearer.