12-10-19 school resource officers

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The involvement of school resource officers in two separate student shootings this week in Wisconsin highlights the role they can play in a worst-case scenario. While the thousands of officers in schools are dedicated to law enforcement first, they spend much of their days as counselors and educators. In cases of real and immediate threats to students or teachers, the rules on use of force are set by the police departments that assign them to the schools.

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