SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in overall discipline infractions or in suspensions at either the student or school level¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1–r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Changes in overall discipline infractions were not significantly related to SRO removal at the student or school level. → Arneson 2024 q2 i? Suspension trends (in-school and out-of-school) for partial and full removal schools were not significantly different from schools that retained both SROs. → Arneson 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Arneson 2024¶

Arneson, A., Hinze-Pifer, R., Franklin, K., & Johnson, D.W. (2024). Removing police officers from Chicago schools: Trends and outcomes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/removing-police-officers-from-Chicago-schools

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Null difference-in-difference result from the CPS administrative data analysis of overall discipline infractions; the districtwide increase did not differ significantly by SRO removal status. Equivalence was not tested.

"While discipline infractions increased districtwide in 2022–23 compared to 2018–19, our analyses did not detect a relationship between these changes at the student ( Table C.1 in Appendix C ) nor school (Table C.2 ) levels and the removal of SROs."

Arneson 2024 (2)¶

Arneson, A., Hinze-Pifer, R., Franklin, K., & Johnson, D.W. (2024). Removing police officers from Chicago schools: Trends and outcomes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/removing-police-officers-from-Chicago-schools

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Null difference-in-difference result for suspensions, inclusive of in-school and out-of-school suspension, examined at both school and student levels in the same CPS analysis. No effect size was printed.

"The trends for the partial and full removal categories were not significantly different than for schools that retained both SROs ( Tables C5 and C6 )."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• High schools that retained SROs had higher suspension rates, were smaller, and served more socioeconomically disadvantaged students — related
• Full removal of SROs from CPS high schools was associated with a statistically significant reduction in high-level behavioral infractions at both the student and school levels — related
• SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in student or teacher perceptions of physical safety or in Student-Teacher Trust — related
• Police notifications declined substantially in schools that fully removed SROs, but the difference-in-difference was not statistically significant — related
• Common non-curricular policing strategies show no overall effects on measures of school crime or discipline — related
• Schools with school resource officers may have higher rates of exclusionary discipline, including a reported 21 percent increase in incidents — related