TORONTO — Trustees at Canada’s largest school board voted Wednesday night to temporarily shelve a controversial school resource officer program. The program saw police officers deployed in 36 of the 75 schools run by the Toronto District School Board. Trustees voted to temporarily suspend the program for the start of the school year and put off a permanent decision until more data is collected and a report is prepared. The decision comes almost a week after activists and members of the public disrupted a board meeting, arguing that armed officers in schools intimidate students. Toronto’s police services board earlier approved a review of the controversial program with an assessment to be carried out by researchers at Toronto’s Ryerson University.

Source: National Post August 31, 2017 05:03 UTC