- 86,000 students were physically or mechanically restrained in the 2015-2016 school year by school staff or police officers, with 71% of these students being students with disabilities. 
- Many school districts and less than half of American states do not have training requirements for police officers stationed on campus. 
- In the Loleta Union Elementary School District, Native American students made up 30% of the student population, but 100% of the referrals to law enforcement in the 2011-2012 school year. 

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

High-poverty schools and schools where at least half of the student population are non-white have the highest percentage of police presence on campus. Students who attend schools with at least one dedicated officer on campus are 5 times more likely to receive criminal charges for “disorderly conduct.” There is little evidence to suggest that police presence on campus reduces school violence.

Police Presence in Schools

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities” by Catherine E. Lhamon, July 2019, https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/2019/07-23-Beyond-Suspensions.pdf


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