Prosecutor Karen McDonald said she became so concerned with the number of threats her office was seeing that she met with the chiefs of police and superintendents in the county to talk about what they could do.
DETROIT — A massive increase in threats against Metro Detroit schools in the wake of the Oxford High School shooting has led to an explosion in criminal charges being brought against the alleged perpetrators and prompted two local prosecutors to change how they handle threats cases.where an Oxford High School student killed four of his classmates on Nov. 30, 2021,
But being proactive can be difficult, said Taylor Police Chief John Blair, as staffing levels have left them with only one school resource officer for the whole district. “The true answer to preventing or reducing these threats starts in the home, and that isn’t happening,” Blair said. Lucido also introduced the “hero award,” which will be given anonymously to schools when a student or staff member reports threats to school officials or police.
“I had just kind of had enough,” McDonald said. “You know what, it’s just not enough for me to walk away from this whole tragedy having prosecuted three people. I just am not gonna feel good about that.” “What we know about school shooters is that there’s always leakage and there are opportunities to intervene,” McDonald said.
“I think there was a time where a lot of us, including myself, would have been presented with threats or school threats or young kids saying certain things and I would say ‘That’s probably not a serious threat,’” McDonald said. “But those times are over. ... I will never say it’s probably not serious. Every single one of them is serious.”
“Everyone is reluctant to do anything in terms of reducing charges,” Buehner said. “I fully understand why they’re doing this, but ... lots of kids are ending up with convictions for very serious crimes they probably shouldn’t have on their record.” “Not charging doesn’t mean we do nothing,” McDonald said. “When there’s an engaged family who wants to work through things and do the right thing, prosecution isn’t always the answer.”
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