Students, parents and teachers want to defund Stockton Unified's police department

Kay Recede reports

SPENT ON POLICING IN MORERESOURCES TO HELP SCHOOLS DEALWITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.FOX FORTY'S KAY RECEDE HASMORE.OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO BECHILDREN NOT CRIMINALIZESTUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERSWITH THE STOCKTON COALITIONFOR SHARED SAFETY C THE END TOTHE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINEBEGINS WITH THE FUNDING THESTOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOLDISTRICT'S POLICE DEPARTMENTSHIPPED INTO PREVENTION RATHERTHAN INTERVENTION WITH MAKINGSURE THAT OUR KIDS OUR SCHOOLSARE SAFE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERLING LING TAO IS NOW PUSHINGFOR A RESOLUTION THAT WILLREMOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENTINSTEAD IMPLEMENT MORERESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTHAND SOCIAL WELLNESS WE CANREALLY PREVENT SOME OF THE.DAMAGING STUDENT ANDBEHAVIOR PROBLEMS THATOTHERWISE OR SCHOOL DISTRICTPOLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO DOWITH ON THE BACK AND HOWEVERTHEY BREAUX SAYS MONKHOUSERESOLUTION IS FINANCE IT WASOR SOCIAL STUDENTS WENTOUTSIDE TO 2018 YOU SEE LEESAID HE WOULD SHOW THE IMPACTON MINORITIES EVERY DOLLAR WEINVEST IN SCHOOL POLICINGACTUALLY DECREASES HIGH SCHOOLGRADUATION RATES HAVE PROBLEMSAND LAW ENFORCEMENT ANDTHERE'S NO DENYING THAT THOSERECOGNIZES THE ISSUES BUT SAYSSINCE HE WAS HIRED IN 2016.HE SEE MAJOR PROGRESSACCORDING TO THE ACLU.

THEDEPARTMENT AGREED TO WORK WITHTHE ORGANIZATION ON REFORM.THAT WAS A YEAR AGO AND IN2014 THE DISTRICT SETTLED WITHTHE FAMILY OF A 5 YEAR-OLD WHOWAS IT TIED BY A POLICEOFFICER HAD TO BE CHANGE THEREHAVE TO BE A SITUATION ANENVIRONMENT WHERE THAT'S NOLONGER WANT TO GUARANTEE YOUTHAT IS PRETTY A ROSE ADSOFFICERS NOW WORK CLOSELY WITHCOUNCILORS CLINICIANS INADMINISTRATION AND ONLYRESPOND TO MAJOR CALL SUCH ASWEAPONS ON CAMPUS ASSAULT ANDLARGER DRUG GO OUT WITH THEINTENT TO TAKE SOMEBODY JOHNLAST RESORT THE APPROACHES MAYBE DIFFERENT BUT THE GOAL ISTHE SAME BOTH GROUPS SAY THEYJUST WANT WHAT'S BEST FORSTUDENTS.