Police notifications declined substantially in schools that fully removed SROs, but the difference-in-difference was not statistically significant¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? High schools that fully removed SROs had a steeper drop in police notifications than schools that retained both SROs; the difference was substantively large but not statistically significant. → Arneson 2024

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

School-level difference-in-difference analysis of police notifications in CPS high schools. Figure 10 shows an estimated difference of -7.4 notifications for full removal; the interpretive summary states notifications were "cut approximately in half, on average" in full-removal schools.

"High schools that fully removed SROs had a steeper drop in the number of police notifications in 2022–23 than did schools that retained both SROs. This difference-in-difference was not statistically significant, but it was substantively large."

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
• Local School Council decisions collectively produced racialized differences in SRO presence, with Black students more than twice as likely as other students to have an SRO in their school — related
• SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in overall discipline infractions or in suspensions at either the student or school level — related
• SRO removal was not significantly related to changes in student or teacher perceptions of physical safety or in Student-Teacher Trust — 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