'I have to worry eight hours a day,' said mother Brittany Jackson. 'Is my child going to make it back safe from school?' CBSLA's RossPalombo reports the latest LAUSD crime stats
With fights at Los Angeles Unified School District campuses making the rounds on social media, parents have grown concerned about their children's safety especially after school police suffered drastic staffing cuts.
The drastic cuts have profoundly affected the Los Angeles School Police Department's personnel. In two years, the number of officers in the department has dropped nearly 20% from 374 to 300 sworn employees according to one estimate from LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. However, according to Interim Chief Steven Zipperman, the depart has lost over"We're about 230 strong," said Zipperman."I think you have to understand we have a different service model.
"This is a result of not having officers on campus, we used to have school police officers assigned here," LA school police union president Gil Gomez said."A police car in front of the school to show that there was an officer on campus, or two, to make sure that kids were safe."
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