It’s about time we hear about the elected officials taking their responsibilities to their constituents actually seriously.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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Are the school police completely independent from the LAPD, or could they potentially get conflicting orders from the LAPD chief?
This was my immediate question
As someone who used to know a few LAPD officers, I now fear for the safety of those kids more than if the cops had stayed away.
"School Police" WTF America.
Do they really think school police will do anything whatsoever to stop the gestapo if they show up?
"In other news, numerous school police were arrested by federal agents and charged with interfering with a federal investigation when ICE agents arrested several Venezuelan gang members who were attending local graduations......"
-- Tomorrow's headlines, probably.
Or,
"In other news, ICE agents rounded up several Venezuelan gang members that were attending local events. Los Angeles School Police protested but did not otherwise have the authority or ability to interfere and stood by to ensure that the incident remained peaceful."
It'll be one or the other. Are LA "school police" full-time police officers, or glorified mall cops? (Serious question. I know districts where the school cops are actual local cops, and others where they're just glorified mall cops with no real authority.) And does anyone think that a few local police (or worse, some glorified mall cops) are going to be anything more than a minor inconvenience to an ICE department that have been all-but given permission to shoot first and don't even bother asking questions?
I mean, it's better than nothing, but if they want to even attempt to put up serious resistance, they should be calling up the Highway Patrol or the California guard. A few local cops aren't going to cut it.