by Sarah Wood

Created on: September 03, 2010

I have traveled all around America and I have been to several high schools. When I lived in Louisiana I was ending up going to one high school that was the worst of them all before I moved to Virginia. When we took a "field trip" to the school to see how it worked, I saw several officers walking on the premises and while for some it may seem that their presence is much, the most disturbing thing I heard was sex noises that day. Of course everyone ran to the window because you could hear it as plain as day and the officer took down the two troubled teens and yelled at them to put their pants on and hustled them out of the school.

My point is that the presence of cops and security guards scares the crap out of anyone that does drugs and largely prevents most school violence’s. In some cases it might not be improved, teenagers will learn that they can't always get away with stuff they think they can. These teenagers need to understand that there are consequences to what you do and having cops patrol school hallways are the best form of action and while teenage violence can still persist, most of the time it will be off campus and not actually on the campus itself.

I remember when I went to a middle school in Louisiana as well, we definitely should have had cops patrolling down the hallways. Kids came in classes reeking of marijuana and sitting there with eyes red as a crayon. Not that I myself have a problem with marijuana per say, but bringing it into class is another story. Do it on your own time and not at school or in public places. The truth is, is that the way how most kids get drugs or learn about games such as the "choking game" end up doing it at school in such places as the girls bathroom, boys bathroom, hallways and even at lunch time. You could find just about anything you want in a school, but it's the same with the principles when you go to bars and adult areas.

I am shocked that some would say no not in a way in disbelief, but cops could better protect young teens from getting raped, stabbed or joining gangs, getting shot or trying drugs. It is one way to finally end a lot of this stuff that shouldn't be happening in schools in the first place! It is a slow process and you won't see results the first time. Sometimes it takes a couple years for the gangs to finally realize that they are being watched, but after a while, crime will slow down and it will be taken off of school property. I believe that having cops on property at schools where violence has risen will see a decrease in at least two years of the cops being there. Just like in the neighborhoods, it is the same way for schools as well.

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