Community Corner
Cops in Schools: Good Idea or Bad?
Each Atlanta school will get a fulltime officer when classes begin next month. Should other school systems follow?
Atlanta's public school system will have a fulltime police officer assigned at every middle and high school when classes begin next month.
A total of 55 officers will be assigned to patrol each school, according to Fox5 Atlanta. The system will no longer use off-duty police personnel as it has in the past.
The Atlanta school system is the first in the metro area to use fulltime, on-duty police officers.
Patch wants to know what you think about cops in schools. Should the DeKalb and Fulton County systems follow suit? What about city of Decatur schools? Share your thought and opinions in our Comments section.
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