Yesterday, to say the least, was a horrible day for public schools in Los Angeles. After a school shooting at El Camino Real high school a number of schools were put on lock down. The shooting occured when the unknown gunman, attempting to break into cars, was approached by a by a police officer assigned to the school. The gunman proceeded to shoot the police officer. Luckily the officer’s life was saved by the bullet proof vest he was wearing. It’s a sad and disturbing situation - but it got me wondering: having police officers assigned to your school is something that happens at really rich school and at really poor schools.
There is a strong police presence at well to do schools in order to keep the rift-raff out. At the poor school the police are there because the rift-raff are inside the school and we need to keep them from killing each other. There is no middle ground when it comes to a police presence at school. You don’t see police at a ‘middle of the road’ school.
It's like outdoor showers, only two types of people have them: really really super duper rich people and poor people who can't afford indoor plumbing.
So let us say you see a police officer at your local school. How can you tell if you are at a rich school or a poor school? Rule one, if the police officer seems generally happy - your probably at the rich school. if the police officer is monitoring a metal detector, you guessed it, you’re at the poor school.
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