Dozens of demonstrators marched in Novato on Saturday to call for school resource officer programs to be disbanded in Marin County.
School resource officers, commonly referred to as SROs, are police officers or deputy sheriffs who receive special training to forge relationships with students. An SRO’s duties include law enforcement, mentoring, counseling and education.
Critics of SRO programs say they foster a school-to-prison pipeline that disproportionately penalizes non-White students.
The West Marin Activism Hub and Police-Free Schools Marin organized the march, which went to the Novato Unified School District headquarters.
