Dr. Kimberly Moffitt's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:11:23 -0400

Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill was said to have been introduced to rectify an oversight that should have been addressed years ago, preventing city school police from carrying their weapons on school property, even though other jurisdictions allow it. Some described it as a non-issue, but for parents such as myself who send their children into these buildings every day and have come to understand that the police relations within the city are not those of yesteryear's "Officer Friendly," this is a major concern.