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School has been back in session for more than a month and Juvenile Probation Officers, whose job includes going into the schools, are in classrooms, hallways, and offices of schools across the state.

How do rates of exposure to police violence that is perceived to be motivated by racism vary across the gender, ethnicity, and birthplace of young Black and Latinx people living in the United States?

Researchers in the Boston College School of Social Work have received a two-year, $395,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Evidence for Action program to find out.

“More than 300 Maine teachers, principals, superintendents, and school resource officers met in Windham on Wednesday for day two of the three-day-long Maine School Safety Summit that was prepared by the Maine Department of Education.”

“To protect and to serve does not mean to preserve those in power. It does not mean to attack the innocent, nor does it mean to ambush the voiceless.” hose wise words were not written by a seasoned public official or community advocate. They appeared in an essay written by 16-year old student…

The video shows a Lower Swatara Township police officer firing a stun gun at a skinny boy in a blue jacket in a crowded school cafeteria. The boy drops to the floor. Kids scream. Some curse. Some express utter shock and disbelief.

TASERs are frequently being used by police on children and youth who are in distress or emotional crisis and, as a result, are exacerbating their trauma, according to the latest report from Strategies for Youth (SFY), a national nonprofit policy and training organization dedicated to improving police/youth interactions and reducing disproportionate minority contact.

David Walker with Strategies for Youth says right now is a great time to start a conversation with your child about social media.

OGDEN — Police and school resource officers in Ogden are getting trained to better understand and interact with teenagers.

Lisa Thurau, the head of Strategies for Youth, joins us to talk about the true front door of the juvenile justice system: police encounters with youth.

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A program called Strategies for Youth, designed to improve police communication with young people, might work well in Maplewood, said members the Maplewood Community Board on Police on Wednesday.