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Home My WebLink AboutStudents feel safer with cops in schools: Study - Ottawa Sun - 01/10/2018 - Ottawa Sun - 01/10/20181/11/2018 Students feel safer with cops in schools: Study I Ottawa Sun HetTepics CLASSIIFIU)S NEWS SPORTS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT LIFE MORE SUBSCRIPTION Students feel safer with cops in schools: Study Canadian Press More from Canadian Press Published: January 10, 2018 Updated: January 10, 2018 2:36 PM EST Filed Under: Ottawa Sun > News > Ottawa 0, Big Saturday snowstorm?� Depends on where you are Peel District School Board. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun) MISSISSAUGA — A new study suggests the practice of placing police officers in certain Peel Region high schools made students feel safer while building good relationships with law enforcement. Good news: The study from Carleton University examined the School Resource It's warm. Bad news: There's X Officer program at high schools in Peel from 2014 to 2017 to freezing rain determine the value of having officers in the schools. Researchers conducted nearly 1,300 surveys of Grade 9 students at School bus five Peel schools and conducted interviews with school resource service has been cancelled in Ottawa officers, school administrators and community members. Read the full study here: No injuries after shots fired into homes on Claremont Drive MEEMIMM �ypumtiipuiuu uuiuuuug�uy�nA http://ottawasu n.com/news/local-news/stu dents-feel-safer-with-cops-in-schools-study/wcm/8e78b2cc-075a-4909-b 13f -d99571 f785bf 1/5 1/11/2018 Students feel safer with cops in schools: Study I Ottawa Sun Vi— this document - Scribd "Every single one of these different groups (said) students feel safer at school;" said Carleton business professor Linda Duxbury, one of the study's lead researchers. "The goal of the Peel program is to make people feel safer in schools so they can learn more ... Every single source of data said it (met that goal):' The study found students reported being less fearful in school and in the community since the program began more than two decades ago, and schools reported fewer incidents of crime and bullying. Additionally, officers who build a relationship with a student may be more likely to divert that student towards rehabilitation programs outside the justice system if the student gets in trouble, the study found. "We're finding the diversion program really helps people learn from their mistakes and it takes people out of the criminal (system) so they're not going to have a criminal record when they become an adult;" Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans said. http://ottawasu n.com/news/local-news/stu dents-feel-safer-with-cops-in-schools-study/wcm/8e78b2cc-075a-4909-b 13f -d99571 f785bf 2/5 1/11/2018 Students feel safer with cops in schools: Study I Ottawa Sun Peel Regional Police @PeelPoliceMedia f.pllnlleflEvain,s, D/C McCord @ @CairlletoiU w/ Dr. Linda Duxbury, @ IDIPCICDSII Sclinoclll,s Dir. Marianne Mazzorato, & Prof. Craig Bennell all pleased w/ the positive results of a study showing significant social return on investment with YRRP SRO program. ca irietci n.ca/Ipeell for full report. 11:57 AM - Jan 10, 2018 2 16 40 The School Resource Officer program costs the regional police force about $9 million per year, according to the report. There are currently 60 school resource officers in Peel Region, and every high school in the region has an officer assigned to it, Duxbury said. Some advocates who have campaigned against the program in the past criticized the report for being too broad. Andrea Vasquez Jimenez, co-chair of the Latinx, Afro -Latin -America, Abya Yala Education Network, said the study should have focused specifically on students from marginalized backgrounds, who are more likely to feel targeted by police. "The Peel report makes it seem as if it's a popularity contest, where they are just looking simply at the majority numbers, whereas if we are looking as these detrimental issues within our schools, and beyond we really have to a; look at who it negatively impacts and put more importance on that," she said. TDSB cancelled program Duxbury said that, because the student surveys were anonymous, researchers were not able to track the race or culture of respondents. Eight students who were interviewed in person for the report all came from racialized backgrounds, however, and the diversity of Peel schools ensures that the research results likely represent a wide variety of viewpoints, she said. "One dominant finding is every single group of student benefited and felt safer over time," Duxbury said. The Toronto District School Board cancelled its own School Resource http://ottawasu n.com/news/local-news/stu dents-feel-safer-with-cops-in-schools-study/wcm/8e78b2cc-075a-4909-b 13f -d99571 f785bf 3/5 1/11/2018 Students feel safer with cops in schools: Study I Ottawa Sun UI1IUU1 Prugrdnf ni rvuveifiuer diLer d rewi L Uy uvdru al.dii IUUIIU many racialized students felt harassed, targeted and unsafe when police were in their schools. 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