{"id":357824,"date":"2021-10-25T23:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-school-safety-agents-ranks-have-thinned-36-percent-amid-gun-busts\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T23:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:51:53","slug":"nyc-school-safety-agents-ranks-have-thinned-36-percent-amid-gun-busts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-school-safety-agents-ranks-have-thinned-36-percent-amid-gun-busts\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC school safety agents ranks have thinned 36 percent amid gun busts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC school safety agents ranks have thinned 36 percent amid gun busts<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Amid an alarming surge in student gun seizures, NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison revealed Monday that the city\u2019s school safety agent force has plunged by 36 percent in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s daily briefing, Harrison said their ranks has eroded from a high of 5,000 to just 3,200 currently.<\/p>\n<p>The senior cop\u2019s comments came after five guns \u2014 several of them loaded \u2014 were confiscated from students inside city schools just last week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were also jarred by viral footage of a violent brawl at Susan Wagner High School on Staten Island on Friday that left a safety agent tumbling to the floor and a dean blooded while retrieving a student\u2019s knife.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio effusively praised the agents and the NYPD for the firearm confiscations Monday and highlighted their collaborative role in maintaining school safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0work of our school safety agents, the work of the NYPD,\u00a0has kept our schools much safer than they used to be,\u201d de Blasio said. \u201cMuch much safer than they used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool safety, NYPD, they\u2019ve done a great job of finding these weapons\u00a0before they can do any harm,\u00a0thank God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>School Chancellor Meisha Porter was equally vigorous in extolling the unarmed agents, who are 90 percent black and Hispanic and 70 percent women.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent-341.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"According to Harrison, the number of school safety officers declined from 5,000 to just 3,200 currently.\" class=\"wp-image-19918225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent-341.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent-341.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent-341.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Harrison, the number of school safety officers declined from 5,000 to just 3,200 currently.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the NYPD, Chief Harrison, for their partnership,\u201d she said. \u201cOur goal is to keep our students and our communities safe together. And also really want to thank the school safety agents. I think what\u2019s important to note is that recognizing that we got those weapons off the street also recognizes that our systems are working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s commendations come amid an ongoing City Hall push to transfer control of school safety agents from the NYPD to the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the current school safety structure argue that the agents \u2014 and metal detectors \u2014 promote a hostile and antagonistic climate for city students.<\/p>\n<p>Upper West Side City Councilmember Helen Rosenthal said the agents are part of a \u201cparamilitary\u201d organization at a February meeting where several lawmakers recoiled at a plan to hire 475 new agents.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Mark Treyger was also critical of that proposal, and has long argued that some of the monies earmarked for school safety agents would be better used to hire more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> workers and guidance counselors.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Heightened emphasis in those areas, he and others assert, would help to preemptively curb misconduct in the nation\u2019s largest school system.<\/p>\n<p>Other advocacy groups have called for the outright elimination of school safety agents from city schools and characterize their affiliation with the NYPD as inherently toxic, calls that intensified in the aftermath of the police slaying of George Floyd last year.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison said Monday that 250 additional agents will augment the current force in November \u2014 the first new agents since 2019. <\/p>\n<p>School safety agent union chief Greg Floyd juxtaposed the public embrace of school safety agents at Monday\u2019s press conference with City Hall\u2019s concurrent policy pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir words don\u2019t match their actions,\u201d he said Monday. \u201cThe actions under Mayor de Blasio are to remove school safety from the police department and place them with the Department of Education. Today\u2019s press conference contradicts his actions from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOE said Monday that handing school safety duties to them will improve stability and safety in city schools.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"There are 250 new school safety officers set to begin working in November.\" class=\"wp-image-19918244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/school-safety-agent344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There are 250 new school safety officers set to begin working in November.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSchool Safety Agents are a crucial reason why our schools are safe \u2014 the transition to DOE will allow for even greater integration into school communities,\u201d said spokesman Nathaniel Styer.<\/p>\n<p>Agent staffing shortfalls have been exacerbated by the city\u2019s coronavirus vaccine mandate for all DOE staffers. Roughly 400 school safety agents have been removed from payroll for not complying with the mandate. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of school safety agents refused to take the shot and have since been taken off payroll and removed from DOE buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing personnel deficits were thrown into graphic relief last week with the chaotic brawl at Wagner and other violent incidents at city schools.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner normally staffs about 14 safety agents but only had seven on hand during Friday\u2019s melee, officials said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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