It seems pretty likely that the Albuquerque Police Department or the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office will supply the swat teams that will save this community's sons and daughters in a fire fight.
In the mean time, the leadership of the APS is spending $2.7M per year on their little praetorian guard.
Now that they don't get to have one anymore; who ever picks up the slack wants the $2.7M.
Which begs the question; why does the public school system have to pay for protection for our sons and daughters? Why, when a student or staff member enters a school, can they no longer expect the protection of their police department and sheriff's office? for free?
The $2.7M stays in APS. The City and County pick up the tap for protecting kids.
I suspect that if you asked teachers students what they need to feel secure; the answer is more boots on the ground.
Use the $2.7M to hire as many competent campus aide/teaching assistants as it will buy; distribute them as necessary, even on a daily basis. Having trouble at a school?; move in an extra 10, 20, or 3o campus aides for a day or two.
more indians; fewer chiefs
Saturday, May 05, 2007
whose $2.7M is it?
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3 comments:
I LIKE how you think, sir. Lets give the "feet on the ground" for safety some KICK ASS boots! And some extra money for lugging them around, them is HEAVY!
PLUS, if push comes to shove, I think APS paying for an academy instructor or at least covering a section of the training cost (sharing the burden a little) shows good will and citizenship, even among government entities. It shows that APS is willing to help defray the cost of safety and security related training, which they are responsible for by law, and give over the law enforcement task to those who are SOLEY responsible for IT by statute - APD or BCSD, even the Air Force Military Police.
There is nothing wrong with APS employing a few special deputies who can help defray APD call-outs and jail costs by determining who gets booked and who doesn't. APS will still have specific law enforcement needs that APD and BCSD just don't have the manpower for. Hence the money to help with salaries and the knowledge that they are TRYING the best they can with the limited resources and legal limitations they are under.
What I mean by defraying costs to APD is night time patrolling - if you have too many false alarms it costs money in fines.
APS will still need a method of checkinga school for perpetrators/evidence of a felony prior to calling out the cops so they can avoid fines for false alarms. There will always be a need for night time response by an APS empoloyee for this reason alone.
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