Tag: school resource officers
Your Views: Latinos do support SROs
To the editor:
I’m writing to you about the issue of safety and the School Resource Officers that I’ve seen in the news lately....
Your Views: Bring back the SROs
To the editor:
Alexandria schools are now back in session, but without our school resource officers, who are members of the Alexandria Police Department...
Our View: Uptick in violence, descent into lawlessness
The past few weeks have been the worst in recent memory for serious crime in Alexandria.
Since Sept. 21 there have been four shootings and...
School Board forum yields big turnout from District B constituents
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Alexandria City School Board candidates gathered in the second of two virtual forums last weekend to prepare for the Nov. 2...
Your Views: Return. SROs. Now.
To the editor:
It was truly something to witness firsthand the dismissive attitude of Alexandria’s City Council over the school resource officers issue. We...
Our View: Embattled police
There are zero dollars allocated to police body cameras in Alexandria’s 2021-30 Capital Improvement Program budget. There were zero dollars allocated to police body...
Our View: Better together
Any successful relationship requires hard work. It involves trust, communication and collaboration, and the relationships with and within government are no different.
City Council’s recent...
ACPS requests private security
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings Ed.D. and staff sent a proposal to the School Board on July 16...
Your Views: Our politicians are inviting crime
To the editor:
My opponent in the race for Virginia House of Delegates’ 45th District, Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, is known for her anti-police position. After...
Community divided on council’s reallocation of SRO funding
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
City Council approved the reallocation of $789,909 from the School Resource Officer program to mental health resources for students during the...