San Francisco Unified and city police have negotiated an agreement that limits police involvement in school
disciplinary matters.
“SFPD records show arrested students as young as ages 8 to 12, with arrests spiking at age 13,” according to a news release from Public Counsel, a public interest law firm based in Los Angeles, and Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, a community organization based in San Francisco.
In addition, African American students represented 39 percent of all students arrested on campus during the past three years even though they are just 8 percent of the school population, according to the release.
...The memorandum calls for administrators to apply restorative practices wherever possible, allowing students to make amends to the people they have harmed without becoming entangled in the juvenile justice system. It also ensures that parents are contacted and can be present when a police officer interviews a student.
San Francisco Unified considers restricting police role on school campuses
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