ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTime and time again, more cops (or ICE) doesn't solve anythingdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down123
arrow-up1999arrow-down1external-linkTime and time again, more cops (or ICE) doesn't solve anythingdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareShaggyBlarney@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·4 days agoIt’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoTBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.
minus-squareHacksaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhich is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.
It’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
TBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.
Which is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.