School Police Overview Presentation to the Baltimore City Board of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Dr. Gregory E. Thornton

CEO, Baltimore City Public Schools

School Police Overview

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Presentation to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners Operations Committee February 16, 2016

Karl E. Perry, Chief School Supports Officer Marshall T. Goodwin, Chief of School Police

Mission of Baltimore City School Police

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The Baltimore City School Police Force ensures that students and staff have a safe environment in which to learn and teach, in order to provide the level of safety necessary so that students can achieve at their maximum potential. The district's police force partners and develops relationships with stakeholders around the city.

Role of School Police Officers

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• The primary responsibility of school police officers is

to enforce all criminal laws, as well as school policies and procedures regarding the appropriate conduct of people on school property (Conoly, J. & Goldstein, N., 2004)

• Additional leadership opportunities include:
• Mentor students
• Coach middle and high school teams
• Tutor students
• Provide resources to community members
• Facilitate conflict resolution sessions

Historical Nationwide Challenges

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• There were 45 school associated violent deaths in the

U.S. from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012

• In 2013, among students aged 12-18, there were

1,420,900 non-fatal victimizations in U.S. schools

• Ten percent of elementary school teachers and 9

percent of secondary teachers reported being threatened in U.S. classrooms from 2011-2012.

Data source: Robers, S., Zhang, A., Morgan, R.E., and Musu-Gillette, L. (2015). Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2014 (NCES 2015-072/NCJ 248036). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, and Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, DC.

Local Context

• 22 juvenile homicides in Baltimore City in 2015
• In 2016, Baltimore was ranked 19th most violent city in

the world

• Data indicate that 60% of Baltimore City Public School

campuses had at least one homicide (all weapons) or non-fatal shooting within 1/8 of a mile of the school

• 87 schools experienced at least one shooting within

their immediate vicinity

• Three elementary schools had 7 victims each within 1/8
• f a mile of the school

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Data sources: Bidgood, Jess. (2016) The Numbers Behind Baltimore's Record Year in Homicides, Baltimore Sun; Rosen, A., Bender, J., & Macias, A. (2016) The 50 most violent cities in the world, Business Insider Inc.; Open Baltimore (2014), School campuses from Baltimore City Planning Department

Data Trends

School-Based Yearly Arrests

478 489 267 59 100 200 300 400 500 600 SY 12-13 SY 13-14 SY 14-15 SY 15-16 YTD

Data as of 1-11-16

SY 12-13 SY 13-14 SY 14-15 SY 15-16 YTD

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Disaggregation of Arrests SY 15-16 YTD

17- assault and robbery 10- aggravated assault 8- assault on police 8- common assault 5- disorderly conduct 3- unarmed robbery 1- arson 1- attempted murder 1- breaking and entering 1- CDS^ with intent 1- deadly weapon 1- extortion 1- handgun violation 1- hindering 1- possession with intent 1- strong armed robbery

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^CDS – Controlled Dangerous Substance

Data Trends

Yearly Diversion/Referral

288 188 278 236 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 SY 12-13 SY 13-14 SY 14-15 SY 15-16 YTD

Data as of 1-11-16

SY 12-13 SY 13-14 SY 14-15 SY 15-16 YTD

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Community Conversations

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• Baltimore City Schools convened seven (7)

community conversations throughout the month of July 2015. Topics included:

• Community Policing
• Community Relations
• Officer Training
• Policy

Feedback from Community Conversations

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Feedback was split on:

• Support of new deployment plan
• Having officers being lawfully able to carry their service

weapon on school property without restrictions

Additional Feedback:

• Establish School Safety Advisory Teams – completed
• Ensure completion of Maryland Police Training

Commission (MPTC) mandatory annual in-service training – completed

• Review of departmental general orders with a emphasis
• n student voice – in progress

School Police Partnerships

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• Inner Harbor Project
• Casa de Maryland
• State’s Attorneys Office
• Baltimore City Police

Department

• Maryland Transportation

Authority Police

• Department of Juvenile

Services

• Mediation in Mission Peace

Education

• Community Mediation
• Teen Court
• Mayor’s Office of Criminal

Justice and Emergency Management

• Behavioral Health Systems

Baltimore

Maryland Center for School Safety Assessment Process

The Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) interviewed law enforcement executives and educational practitioners. Additionally, interviews were conducted internally with School Police Supervisory Teams and Officers. MCSS conducted several interviews out-of-state with School Police Force Leaders.

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Operational Assessment Report: Select Findings by MCSS

• Benchmarking with other school police

departments to include site meetings

• MCSS benchmarked several school police departments

throughout the country to review their school operations in

• rder to glean any best practices
• Miami-Dade School Police Force, Clark County School Police

Force, Palm Beach School Police

• Review highlighted suggestions for professional growth and

development aspects to increase the effectiveness of the School Police department

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14 City Population School Population

School Police Budget School Police Deployment

Total Staffing

Baltimore MD 622,104 84,000 8,659,908 FY17 TBD

Assigned to multiple zones

140 Cleveland OH 390,113 41,000 12,766,034

Assigned to areas

120 Atlanta GA 447,847 54,956 6,785,032

Assigned to multiple campuses

95 Philadelphia PA 1,550,000 131,362 16,530,362

School Based Multiple/High

357 Detroit MI 688,701 66,000 9,352,067

Assigned to multiple campuses

398 Austin TX 855,400 112,500 9,804,053

School Based Middle/High

285 Pittsburgh PA 306,041 26,041 4,459,432

Assigned to multiple campuses

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COMPARISONS

Operational Assessment Report: Select Findings by MCSS (con’t)

• The collective viewpoint of Baltimore City School Police Force
• fficers and school administrators is that they were

challenged with the new deployment plan as it was not very effective in building relationships

• There was a general consensus that the organizational

structure of the school police force appears to be working

• It should be noted that under the current state law the

Baltimore City School Police Force is the only law enforcement agency in the country that is precluded from having a firearm on their person as part of their official departmental issued equipment while assigned as a school- based police officer

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Operations Assessment Report: Select Recommendations by MCSS

• Develop new evaluation tool for performance and outcome

measures – in progress

• Schedule meeting time for officers and Principals to discuss

current and proactive issues – ongoing

• Deployment plan must incorporate relationship building

strategies and positive engagement for all grade levels – in progress

• Develop a hybrid model of staffing combining school police
• fficers with properly trained school system civilian security

staff – under review

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District Recommendations

• Work with MCSS to review possible deployments,

including multi-campus, single site, and alternative

• ptions
• Deployment will be based on data on prevailing

challenges, daily needs and opportunities effective practices, input from stakeholders, and community resources

• Review policy and general order recommendations
• Continue to focus on diversions over arrests

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Next Steps

• Continue to focus on culture and climate
• Secure national certification for all School Police

Officers and administrators sponsored by the National Association of School Resource Officers

• Maintain the ongoing open collaboration with both

the Student and Community School Safety Advisories

• Continue to seek input from community partners and

stakeholders

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Comments or Questions?

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Karl E. Perry Chief School Supports Officer KPerry@bcps.k12.md.us Marshall T. Goodwin Chief of School Police MTGoodwin@bcps.k12.md.us

Board Of School Commissioners

Marnell Cooper, Chair Tina Hike-Hubbard, Vice-Chair Lisa Akchin Muriel Berkeley Cheryl Casciani Linda Chinnia Andrew “Andy” Frank Martha James-Hassan Peter Kannam Jonathan Townes, Student Commissioner A.J. Bellido de Luna, Board Executive Officer

Senior Management Team

Gregory Thornton, Chief Executive Officer Naomi Gubernick, Chief of Staff Linda Chen, Chief Academic Officer Theresa Jones, Chief Achievement and Accountability Officer Donald Kennedy, Sr., Chief Financial Officer Karl Perry, Sr., Chief School Supports Officer Keith Scroggins, Chief Operations Officer Deborah Sullivan, Interim Chief Human Capital Officer Kenneth Thompson, Chief Technology Officer Tammy Turner, Chief Legal Officer 20