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Hundreds of Maine educators meet for School Safety Summit

"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."

SFY Response to Uvalde, Texas School Shooting

Statement of Strategies for Youth on the Response of Law Enforcement in the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting

‘How Can We Be Kids in America’?

"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

When a police officer uses a stun gun on a boy in the school cafeteria, everyone gets hurt

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.

‘Stunned for Life’: The Use and Abuse of TASERs on Children and Youth

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

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