SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent " Re-1 open to addressing SRO concerns"

Our police chiefs already dealt with this issue of AYUA and the majority of the public has already spoken out loud and clear that the RE-1 School District should have absolutely no involvement in this political issue.

AYUA and CIRC have still not come forward and discussed their concerns directly with law enforcement as is proper and within law.

For RE-1 to give these organizations the ability to push their political agenda  at the expense of our SRO programs and our law enforcement community is outrageous at this point. 

Here is where the real concern should be (in bold):

John Stroud:
"...Biggs advised students attending the Wednesday night school board meeting.

“I have talked to the police chiefs, and hopefully we can come up with an appropriate assignment [job] description for SROs that addresses some of your concerns,” Biggs said.

“I agree, we have a lot of students who are undocumented, and that does not make them a criminal,” he added. “I do not want our students to feel that way.”

While the school district participates in and partially funds the SRO programs in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt schools, the officers themselves are employees of the local police departments. Among their many duties is to cooperate with other law enforcement agencies, Biggs said.

“I'm afraid that if we adopt a policy that restricts that collaboration, we will lose the opportunity to have SROs at all,” he said...."  (Read more?  Click title)

Technically, Mr. Biggs.  There are two criminal issues present with undocumented (illegal foreign nationals) in our public schools.  The illegal foreign alien themselves and the public school officials who are allowing falsified registration paperwork to be used to draw federal funding for those illegal bodies seated in our desks.

What happens to our children who are legal citizens if law enforcement does what they should do and that is pull the SRO program?

Our local police chiefs had the right take on this.  Send those protesting youngsters down to have a chat with the cops instead of risking a school program that is in place for safety to all.

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