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Title: Armed Police to Roam Toronto High Schools
Topic: Civil Liberties and Privacy
Written By: akston
Date: Wednesday, June 25 @

Michele Henry & Kristin Rushowy, Toronto Star
June 24, 2008
Contrary to comments made yesterday by the Toronto school board chair, police officers roaming the halls of Toronto’s high schools this fall will not only be uniformed, they’ll also be armed, Chief Bill Blair said today.
“Quite frankly, as you can probably guess by my constant appearance, I believe in police officers in uniform,” he told a press conference this morning.
“I want the people of Toronto to see their police. I want them to have a relationship with the entire police service that is based on trust and respect. And my police officers are armed.”
His comments were in direct contrast to school board chair John Campbell, who said yesterday that in a bid to improve safety and build relationships with teens, police will set up an office in several high schools around the city but their presence will be “casual and low-key.”


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[Ed Deak]

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[Ed Deak]

There were police in Vancouver schools back in the 60s and 70s,when my kids were in highschool, they even had a special room at Killarney High and I even had a chat with one of them at the time.

Ed Deak.

[RPW]

Perhaps if parents took a hand in raising their kids, rahter than being their best friends....? I know that's a quaint and old fashioned notion. But hey, it worked at some point in the past.

[Dave Ruston]

fascist monitoring never works! Perhaps if kids had some inkling of hope!

[SphinxMontreal]

Will they be arrested if they don't do their homework or are late to class? I can see it now...get an APB out on Johnnie...he was last spotted at the arcade playing hookie. Just another example of a society going down the toilet.