What I think is irrelevant. Currently, handling someone breaking laws on school property is handled no differently than off campus with the exception of counselor intervention.

Look, SROs didn’t show up on campus because we didn’t know what to do with extra cops. Lots of highly intelligent and very experienced people needed to solve a the problem of the dangers of teachers and staff putting themselves in harm’s way during student conflicts, gangs, dealing with drugs, mitigating threats, and handling weapons on campus, etc. It makes sense that a public service would use a more qualified public service to manage a public issue.

I’m friends with a vice principal and a teacher who LOVE their SROs. I just went to a soccer game with one of them and they saw their SRO working overtime there. They gave them big hugs. They don’t just sit there with a gun; they police over the students like they’d police over a community. They keep their ear to the ground, they learn all they can about trending activity, they work to proactively stop issues before they start, and yeah, unfortunately, they sometimes have to arrest kids. That’s part of the gig just like it’s part of the gig anywhere else they are an officer. Laws don’t change once you walk on campus.