… officer's time is spent talking to people, solving problems, not reaching for the handcuffs, finding a way that it's not going to end that way today. And given another chance. School resource officers give kids a chance to see that personal interaction. I had cases back in my prosecutor days where kids had come forward to report some kind of neglect or abuse in their home that they never would have said anything to anybody, but they told us. (35:22–35:27)
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Asserts that school resource officers provide opportunities for personal interaction with law enforcement.
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