What you Need to Know About School Policing

Date:  09-08-2021 In every state, the rate at which students with disabilities were referred to law enforcement was higher than the rate for all students

From Center for Public Integrity: This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY. INTRODUCTION What is a referral to law enforcement? Does it mean a student was arrested? A referral occurs when a school employee reports a student to any law enforcement agency or officer, including a school police officer or security staff member for an incident that happens at school, during a school-related event or while taking school transportation, regardless of whether official action is taken. All arrests are referrals. But not all referrals lead to arrests. During the 2017-18 school year, nearly 230,000 students were referred to law enforcement. Roughly a quarter of those referrals led to arrests, federal data shows. Continue reading >>>