Fitzgerald cites news story as research on school policing

Fri, Dec 18th 2015, 10:00 AM

 

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald pushed back yesterday against this newspaper’s report that he mischaracterised conclusions researchers at The College of The Bahamas made about the effect police presence in public schools has on school violence.
On Monday in the House of Assembly, Mr Fitzgerald referred to a study by COB professors Dr Nicolette Bethel and William Fielding, claiming that its conclusion was that the presence of police officers in schools has made campuses safer...

EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald pushed back yesterday against this newspaper’s report that he mischaracterised conclusions researchers at The College of The Bahamas made about the effect police presence in public schools has on school violence.

On Monday in the House of Assembly, Mr Fitzgerald referred to a study by COB professors Dr Nicolette Bethel and William Fielding, claiming that its conclusion was that the presence of police officers in schools has made campuses safer...

 

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