{"id":1410435,"date":"2022-03-30T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410435"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:14:49","slug":"boston-schools-weather-violent-incidents-after-cutting-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-schools-weather-violent-incidents-after-cutting-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Schools Weather Violent Incidents After Cutting Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-schools-weather-violent-incidents-after-cutting-cops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1245471747.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Boston is weathering a spate of violent incidents at public schools after the city decided to get rid of police officers in schools last fall.<\/p>\n<p>The police officers who had protected Boston\u2019s public schools for decades were replaced with school safety specialists \u2014 who lacked arrest powers \u2014 when students returned to the classroom last September\u00a0after a year of remote learning during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Over this academic year, the city\u2019s schools have seen a string of violent attacks, prompting a discussion about public safety and the decision to forego having police officers stationed on campus during school hours.<\/p>\n<p>In early November, a 16-year-old female student was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/no-place-for-violence-in-our-schools-family-of-boston-principal-attacked-by-student-says\/38159908\">arrested<\/a> for knocking out her principal, a woman over 60,\u00a0at the Dr. William W. Henderson K-12 Inclusion School. The attack caused serious injuries to the principal, and the student was charged with multiple assault counts, including\u00a0assault causing serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n<p>Just this month, a teacher and student were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/tech-boston-academy-shooting-march-15-2022\/39444899\">shot<\/a> in the parking lot of\u00a0TechBoston Academy. The victims, a 31-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>More than a week later, two teenage males, a 17 year old and a 16 year old, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/2-teens-arrested-in-connection-with-shooting-of-teacher-student-at-techboston-academy\/2679230\/\">arrested<\/a> in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, this is a very concerning and disturbing set of circumstances,\u201d Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said of the incident. \u201cSchools are supposed to be a safe haven for our students and our teachers, not a place where they\u2019re subjected to brazen and random acts of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will make sure that this is an incident that we quickly address, and make sure that our school communities have what they need to process and heal,\u201d Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts\u2019\u00a02020 police reform bill was the turning point that prompted Boston\u2019s public schools to stop hiring police officers to be on site during school hours.<\/p>\n<p>The police reform law, passed in response to the summer\u2019s racial justice protests, would have required school police to receive hundreds of hours of additional training in order to stay on campus. Most schools opted to go without police and hire school safety specialists without handcuffs or arrest powers instead.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to a total of 177 incidents at 62 schools in Boston between the beginning of the school year and Thanksgiving break, according to 911 call data from Boston Public Schools <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2022\/03\/23\/metro\/police-officers-were-phased-out-bostons-public-schools-during-pandemic-families-wonder-what-that-means-public-safety\/\">obtained<\/a> by The Boston Globe. More than a quarter of those calls were for incidents involving\u00a0fighting or assault.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency incidents are only the most serious disruptions schools have to handle. From September through November, teachers, deans, and school safety specialists reported more than 4,000 other incidents, which can be more minor transgressions like trespassing or disrupting class, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Some city schools have had a particularly tough time this year. At one school, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Roxbury, 18 out of 52 incidents requiring a 911 response involved police, according to the Globe.<\/p>\n<p>Another concern is the emotional effects of the pandemic and lockdowns on students and how that could tie into students acting out violently.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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