Friday, October 18, 2013

Schools receive grants for law enforcement officers (Updated)

Update: Contacted the Mississippi Department of Education.  All districts that applied for grants received them.  That means Jackson, Pearl, Rankin, Madison, and Canton did not apply for the grants.  Even if they already employed such officers, nothing to stop them from applying for the money. 

Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves issued the following press release:


JACKSON – Mississippi schools will soon receive funds to place trained law enforcement officers on campuses with the start of the Mississippi Community Oriented Policing program, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said today.

The Board of Education approved today allocating $1.57 million to place 157 trained officers in public schools in 50 districts around the state. To view districts that received grants, visit http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/docs/2013-board-agenda/tab-04-october-2013.pdf?sfvrsn=2.

“I’m proud we can place 157 additional trained officers in Mississippi schools to protect the precious lives of children,” Lt. Gov. Reeves said. “MCOPS is an example of a state and local community partnership that can provide a service citizens want, and I look forward to seeing even more schools take advantage of the program in the future.”

The program, proposed by Lt. Gov. Reeves, provides up to $10,000 to pay for a certified law enforcement officer at a public school. The local community will fund the remaining costs.

Reeves proposed MCOPS in response to the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 children and six adults dead.

Law enforcement officers will be required to train in the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training program, which is used by law enforcement nationwide to train officers on responding to shooting incidents.

Posted by Kingfish at 9:46 AM

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Outstanding, this program should really open wide the school to prison pipeline this State has operated so efficiently for so long!

October 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Anonymous said...

I can see 10 for Hinds County but 7 for Tishomingo? Why?

October 18, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Anonymous said...

I don't see Madison or Rankin county school districts on that list. Am I missing something?

October 18, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...

@10:45 good question why aren't Madison and Rankin County School on the list. Pearl Public Schools are not on the list either and they had a school shooting 16 years ago. This is a lopsided list if you ask me.

October 18, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Anonymous said...

I thought Madison and Rankin Counties, along with Pearl Public Schools, already had officers...

October 18, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Anonymous said...

What a shame, we have to have police in any of the schools. This goes to show the decline in family morals throughout the state and the country. Growing up we never considered disobeying a teacher for fear of our parents finding out. Now it is up to the teachers and school districts to not only teach but also teach manners and common sense. It is a sad day for the state when we have to have armed guards on school property to protect our children.

October 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM
Anonymous said...

How did they pick the schools. None for Claiborne, which was taken over by the state or Yazoo, which should have been.

October 18, 2013 at 11:42 PM
Anonymous said...

Charter Schools will solve the problem(s).

October 20, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Anonymous said...

Grants for the MCOP program had to be applied for by school districts or on behalf of a school district. Funds will not be distributed to any agency other than a school. Just said all that to say the cities/towns themselves could not apply nor could law enforcement agencies. Further there was a $10,000 per officer (one per school) funding cap. If a school district did not have additional funding to match the $10,000 they couldn't afford to apply for this money. This may explain why some districts did not apply knowing they couldn't afford to pay the additional $25,000 or more plus fringes to have an officer for one year.

The grant also required officers to be certified already and have 3 years or more experience and become a certified School Resource Officer (training costs). For some areas the requirements were more than they could handle.

October 21, 2013 at 4:57 PM

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