Three years after slashing the school police budget, board members are wondering: where are the promised community-based alternatives?
Community safety programs may include services to support mental health and counseling, peaceful conflict mediation, substance use prevention and gang prevention. They also include safe passage programs, which seek to ensure that students’ routes to and from school are clear of danger from cars, crime and harassment.
“It is really about making good on the board’s previous commitment to pursue community-based safety alternatives,” said Boardmember Kelly Gonez, who co-authored the resolution. “We know that there’s a lot more work to be done.”by the Police Free LAUSD Coalition in March found that none of the $15 million dedicated to community-based safety programs was spent in the 2021 to 2022 school year.
In addition, while LAUSD has established 27 safe passage programs, only nine are currently very active, said Boardmember Tanya Franklin-Ortiz in the June 13 meeting. “I have been followed, sexually harassed and even nearby robbed all while two minutes away from my school,” said Therese Thomas, a student at Drew Magnet High School in Watts, during the board meeting. “ officers make children feel uncomfortable, but we still need protection, which is why the safe passage program is the right thing.”
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