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Los Angeles School Police
Los Angeles Unified
July 1, 2020

Los Angeles Unified cuts school police budget by $25 million following weeks of protests

A divided Los Angeles school board voted 4-3 to cut more than a third of the school police department's budget.

Michael Burke
Los Angeles Unified
June 24, 2020

Measures to defund, reform Los Angeles school police rejected by school board

Disappointing activists, L.A. Unified rejected motions to reform school police, including one to cut the department’s funding by 90%.

Michael Burke
Student Well-Being
June 11, 2020

Should police officers be in schools? California education leaders rethink school safety

In Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento and San Francisco, activists are pressuring school districts to remove police from schools.

Michael Burke
Discipline
June 28, 2016

ACLU files suit to obtain Stockton Unified school police records

The lawsuit is seeking detailed information about student arrests.

Jane Meredith Adams
Discipline
August 19, 2014

LAUSD policy restricts use of citations, arrests

Students involved in relatively minor offenses on school campuses will no longer be cited or arrested under Los Angeles Unified's new policy, which takes effect this school year and spells out alternatives district police officers must follow. Community advocates have been working with the district to change the approach taken by school police.

Susan Frey
College Readiness
November 29, 2013

Los Angeles Unified police force will stop ticketing students 12 and under

Susan Ferriss/Center for Public Integrity