Some Parents, Police Want Officers Back at Schools in Palm Springs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Swize said the district values its relationship with law enforcement and is working towards "a complete multifaceted resource for students on our high school campuses."
54% : Boiko issued a statement from Swize about a recent meeting with law enforcement agencies that he and PSUSD Executive Director of Security Levaughn Smart attended.
52% : As a former armed security guard, Munoz said he understands the challenges police and school districts face, and that SROs are needed at public schools.
52% : Local law enforcement agencies as well as the Sheriff's Department had to remove their assigned School Resource Officers.
51% : As your police chief with over 33 years of law enforcement experience, I oppose this decision by the school district to unilaterally 'defund' the SRO program at school campuses before first ensuring proper safeguards are put in place and without fully engaging the district's law enforcement partners to offer comments and suggestions," Crum stated.
48% : Jerry Munoz recently pulled his three children, ages 12 to 14, from PSUSD public schools in favor of homeschooling.
45% : Aside from law enforcement, SROs work as problem-solvers and mentors who assist students, school counselors, nurses, and speak to parents regarding issues concerning their children and have daily contact with the campus community, Crum said.
43% : He and other parents believe the school board is hiding a political agenda to back the Black Lives Matter

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