A former KIPP Navigate College Prep school resource officer was arrested for sexual assaulting a female victim under 18 years old. It was discovered that the SRO sent multiple inappropriate text messages and sexually assaulted the minor on several occasions. The victim confirmed the assaults in an interview with the San Jose Police Department.
An Auburn High School school resource officer caused permanent brain damage and a skull fracture to a high school student. The student was allegedly skipping class when he was stopped by an assistant principal who began trying to physically direct him back to class. After the struggle caused by the administrator, the school resource officer aggressively stepped in and grabbed the 4 foot 11, 140-pound student. The school resource officer lifted the student into the air and slammed him to the ground headfirst. The student was then unresponsive and unable to move after the assault. Paramedics and the student’s grandmother were called to the school. Once at the school, the grandmother was lied to and told that the student “slipped and fell” and that it was a small “scuffle.” Video demonstrated that the school misrepresented the situation. The family is now suing the school based on the school resource officer’s actions.
A Guilford High school, school resource officer sprayed pepper spray into a crowd of students in response to an alleged altercation between 2 students at a high school football game. His response caused the students to disperse. He allegedly told the students to stop before using the pepper spray. Guilford county deputies were already on the scene dispersing the alleged altercation when the school resource officer decided to deploy pepper spray into the crowd of on looking students, the majority of which were not participating, but were instead confused or looking to see what was happening.
A former Dothan High School school resource officer has been found guilty of three counts of sexual crimes against students. There were two survivors of his assaults, one being a 17-year-old and the other being a 14-year-old. The former school resource officer forced himself on both young women on separate occasions.
A school resource officer employed by the Colton Unified School District was arrested for sending inappropriate text messages to a Slover Mountain Continuation High School student. He faces a charge of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sex crime. Investigators of his case believe there could be other victims of his inappropriate behavior.
In response to an alleged incident between a group of students, a Henricho High School Security Officer used pepper spray in a broad sweeping manner hitting students standing near the alleged incident and those involved in the incident. Many students had to be treated for burns and some had to leave the school to receive hospital treatment from the pepper spray burns. Parents were not notified of the incident until 1.5 hours after the alleged incident. School officials allege the SRO was assaulted and sustained minor injuries.
While responding to an incident between 2 students, a Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputy pulled a 14-year-old girl by her hoodie, slammed her to the ground, and put his knees in her chest. The student kept repeating “Enough, enough, I can’t breathe,” but the officer refused to get up. The parents of the student as of October 27th, 2022, weren’t allowed to see the footage of the aggression against their child by the officer. Another Reynolds High Student and sibling of the assaulted student referenced their mother’s feelings on the situation, stating that “she doesn’t feel safe sending my sister back to school. We all are feeling unsafe.” Another student aware of the situation stated “Nobody feels safe to stay in school. They should have more counselors or violence prevention programs present at the school to actually talk, and even more, connect with students on that kind of level. My demands are getting people who can actually relate to students, and not people who work with criminals to treat us as criminals.” Students who started the group Students Against Oppression at Gresham High School have called for the immediate removal of the officer from Reynolds High School.
A former Seneca Senior High School Security Officer was in court for giving a student alcohol, marijuana, sexual assault, and strangulation of the student. When the student needed help finding their class, they reached out to the then SRO for help in finding their class on snapchat. She contacted the officer, and he told her to meet him outside near the baseball fields. Cowan then sexually assaulted her against a tree and choked her. The victim told him no and to stop but she said he continued sexually assaulting her for about 10 minutes. Seneca Valley School District said it terminated the contract with the security company last year and hired a different one because of the incident.
Two security officers at River Rounge High School pulled a student into a male bathroom and attacked the student. One officer locked the door and stood watch while another physically abused the student. The student was left with swollen eyes, bruises to his face and scratches on his body. His shirt was ripped, and the student was said to be left traumatized from the situation. School officials gave no reasoning for their behavior. The lawyer for the student’s family said this of the school’s behavior: “Lack of cooperation, lack of investigation, and deliberate attempts to try to hide evidence of what happened to this young man from his family.” The officer that beat the student is said to no longer be with the security firm DM Burr, based out of Flint.
After an altercation between two students, a DeSoto High School campus security officer used pepper spray to disperse a crowd. The spray was allegedly directed at the ground upon its first use, following the officer asking students to disperse. In a second “disturbance” involving the same two students, the campus security officer shot pepper balls at students standing on a top of a staircase. Following circulation of videos of the incidents DeSoto ISD in a statement disparaged the behavior of the officer in question. It also stated that pepper spray should not be a first response in dispersing students.
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