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A school resource officer in every school?

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Police help students at Great Mills High School in Maryland, after a shooting there in March 2018.Alex Brandon/AP

Less than three weeks after a school resource officer stopped an armed teen who shot two students at a Maryland high school, lawmakers in Maryland voted to expand law enforcement presence in schools statewide.

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