The Denver school board has voted unanimously to end its contract with the city's police department, which provided school resource officers to work in the district's schools
The Denver school board voted unanimously on Thursday to end its contract with the city's police department, which provided school resource officers to work in the district's schools. Four police officers will be phased out by the end of the year, while the remaining 13 officers will be phased out by mid-2021, board member Tay Anderson told CNN.
The education news site Chalkbeat Colorado reported that the department included more than 100 unarmed and armed campus security officers.Other districts have taken similar actionDenver is the latest school district to cut ties to the local police department.Earlier this month, the Minneapolis Board of Education voted unanimously to terminate the district's contract with the Minneapolis Police Department, which provided school resource officers at school buildings.
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