Sometimes the mere presence of a weapon can escalate the situation.
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Weber has spent time researching the effectiveness of school resource officers. She has been told having an armed officer in a school protects students in the case of a live shooter. Research, however, doesn’t support the conclusion these officers are effectively stopping school shootings, she said.
University of Maryland researchers found, in a nationwide survey of 270 high school and middle school principals from 2003 to 2008, that schools with resource officers reported more serious crimes, more minor crimes and higher rates for student expulsions than schools without that officer presence.
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The percentages of Black drivers stopped and searched in Cumberland County, Hope Mills and Spring Lake vary from year to year, state records show.
The police chiefs in Hope Mills and Spring Lake and a spokesman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say they are confident that their law enforcement agencies treat drivers fairly.
The Fayetteville Observer analyzed statistics compiled by the State Bureau of Investigation to determine the percentages of Black drivers and white drivers who were stopped and searched from 2010 through the first six months of 2020. The Hope Mills and Spring Lake police departments and the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office stopped and searched fewer vehicles than larger agencies, so smaller variations could impact the percentages from year to year.