Politics & Government
CPD Superintendent Says Police Will "Adjust" If School Resources Officers Removed From CPS
In the wake of the gun violence, police leaders have promised more officers outside schools.
February 2, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Within the past couple of weeks, three different shootings have killed a total of four Chicago Public Schools students and wounded two more – first near CICS Loomis-Longwood in Longwood Manor on the South Side, then near Innovations High School in the heart of the Loop downtown, and most recently Wednesday near Nicholas Senn High School in Edgewater on the North Side.
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In the wake of the gun violence, police leaders have promised more officers outside schools. But the future of school resource officers, who work inside schools, is uncertain.
About 40 Chicago public high schools have at least one Chicago Police officer on patrol. In recent years, it has been left up to leaders at the individual school whether to have school resource officers in the building – but that choice may soon be going away.
