One of the reasons why liaison officers are important is that gangs see school kids as potential recruits.
Last week the Greater Victoria School Board voted unanimously to end its decades-long police officer liaison program.
Yet aren’t they more at risk, and serious risk, at the hands of gang recruiters or drug distributors? If some children, and indeed staff members experience this fear, shouldn’t we aim to dispel it rather than give in to it, to confront it rather than hide? For police forces play an essential and supportive role in the community. Stigmatizing them as a frightening presence serves no useful purpose. Indeed it harms all of us.
If kids are not helped to develop these skills in high school, they may not have another opportunity and any distrust they have will go unresolved. This is a serious shortcoming in helping kids learn how to be effective members of the community.
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