The unanimous vote during the Oct. 27 school board meeting came after a shooting near Pomona High School left a 12-year-old injured by broken glass and debris. The Fremont Unified School District last November voted to discontinue its school resource officer program, only to restore the program by May. The Pomona school district does not have its own force, but contracts with the city’s police department. The Pomona move also arrives on the heels of two recent high-profile cases involving school safety officers’ excessive use of force. The other case involved the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez by a Long Beach school safety officer in September.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2021 01:45 UTC