SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in student or teacher perceptions of physical safety or in Student-Teacher Trust¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The districtwide decrease in student perceptions of physical safety held across all SRO presence categories, with no significant difference-in-difference. → Arneson 2024 q2 i? No significant difference-in-difference was detected for teacher perceptions of physical safety (school level) or for Student-Teacher Trust (student and school levels). → 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 · r2

Difference-in-difference analysis of 5Essentials Student Physical Safety scores (Rasch-calibrated logit scale) across SRO categories; the districtwide downward trend did not differ significantly by removal status.

"From 2018–19 to 2022–23, there was a districtwide decrease in student perception of physical safety across high schools (see Figure 3) and this trend held in the different SRO presence categories of schools and for their students"

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 results for the 5Essentials Student-Teacher Trust measure, at both school and student levels, and for the supplementary Teacher Physical Safety measure, which was analysed at the school level only (the student-level analysis is marked N/A). The brief notes climate outcomes are distal and may need multiple years of implementation to change.

"We did not detect significant differences in the Student-Teacher Trust trends with partial or full removal of SROs at the student or school levels"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• High schools that retained SROs had higher suspension rates, were smaller, and served more socioeconomically disadvantaged students — related
• SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in overall discipline infractions or in suspensions at either the student or school level — related
• Student reports of safety did not improve faster in Culture of Calm schools than in other similar high schools — related
• Teacher-Principal Trust improved only marginally significantly, and Student-Teacher Trust, Program Coherence, Quality Professional Development, and Teacher-Parent Trust showed no significant differential change — related
• Police notifications declined substantially in schools that fully removed SROs, but the difference-in-difference was not statistically significant — 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
• District leaders filtered student and community voices through their own perspectives, so neither district fully removed security personnel despite calls to end policing in schools — related