New Virginia School Policing Report Released

Juvenile-articleLarge

 

The Center for Public Integrity announced the release of a new school policing report called Protecting Childhood: A Blueprint for Developmentally Appropriate School Policing in Virginia. 

“One of the “Protecting Childhood” report’s recommendations is for Virginia’s General Assembly to eliminate school-based “disorderly conduct” as a predicate for charging students with a crime on campuses.

Another recommendation is to remove misdemeanors and “non-crimes,” such as cyberbullying, from a list of 40 types of school-based acts that state code currently requires educators to report to law enforcement officials. Once the acts are reported, arrests and charges often follow.”

Read more here

Facebook
Twitter
Back To Top