Petition in Support of School Safety

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During 2018 and 2019, New York City School Safety Agents confiscated 2,701 weapons that were being brought into schools. Yet, the New York City Council is currently gambling with the safety of our children by proposing a bill to transfer School Safety Agents from the NYPD to the Department of Education. The legislation would limit the effectiveness of the 5,038 School Safety Agents, 70 percent of whom are women, mostly Black and Latinas.

Some City Council Members are even advocating to fully eliminate School Safety Agents, who have provided extraordinary service, keeping our one million students out of harm’s way. Parents and other New Yorkers rightfully demand that we protect our children by keeping our school safety agents.

I strongly oppose moving School Safety Agents from the NYPD to the DOE, and I strongly urge the NYC Council to abandon this plan. Keep School Safety Agents in the NYPD.  Protect our children.