Oakland USD Board Unanimously Votes Out Police Department
Chief Jeff Godown agrees with the decision, stating 70% of calls his department receives should be handled by behavorial health specialists or counselors.
Chief Jeff Godown agrees with the decision, stating 70% of calls his department receives should be handled by behavorial health specialists or counselors.
The push for removing police from schools and diverting funds toward social supports for students has gained traction following the killing of George Floyd.
An arbitator determined the deputy should be rehired with back pay due to a procedural issue and poor wording in an investigative report.
The Corvallis campus currently contracts with the Oregon State Police for law enforcement services, which will end June 30.
Students have criticized the school’s police department for its response to student sit-ins and protests following dozens of racist incidents.
The new requirement adds to a 2019 state law, which called for school resource officers in nearly each of its 1,500 public schools.
The decision was made after the Michigan school conducted a two-year feasibility study following a shooting inside a dorm room.
Jason Washington was shot nine times by two Portland State police officers who were later cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury.
The accidental shootings involved both law enforcement officers and armed teachers and the injured included officers, staff and students.
In one of the incidents, a school resource officer at Oshkosh West High School was stabbed in his office by a student following an altercation.
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