'Denver Police officials told Westword that the officers have already been chosen, with many being previously selected to be liaisons for DPS schools.'
Denver School Board members and backers of the, aka SROs, have done a complete 180 regarding armed guards on DPS campuses. On March 23, in the wake of the recent East High shootings, the board announced it was putting armed police back in schools for the remainder of the year.
"So they already have relationships with school administrators and have familiarity with the schools," a DPD spokesperson noted."Some of these officers previously served as SROs, as well." The move to bring back the armed officers comes after DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero announced in a March 22 letter to the school board that he was adding an armed officer at every Denver high school after the East High shooting left two deans wounded.
At the time, many residents voiced their concerns with the move, saying it would eventually backfire. One Twitter user, DPS announced through its social media pages on Thursday that the district would be observing a"Mental Health Day" on Friday, March 24, as a way to help students"process" what's going on.
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