MOU Commission Teach-In
The policing reform bill created a permanent Commission to create a model Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between schools and police departments that have assigned school police (aka SROs). CfJJ and MHLAC were appointed to the Commission by statute and their respective executive directors are full voting members. These two organizations want to make sure that the perspectives and experiences of community members and advocates, who know first-hand how police in schools operate, are centered in the decision making on the MOU document, which will govern how police behave in schools and provide a basis for further grass-roots advocacy. Therefore, CfJJ...