Schools seek more police as crime drops

February 18, 2009
Kristin Rushowy
EDUCATION REPORTER

The 22 Toronto public high schools assigned a police officer are reporting a drop in suspensions and criminal charges against students, and the success of the program has other schools lining up for officers.

In the first semester of the 2007-08 school year, the schools – which are scattered throughout the city – had a total of 1,353 suspensions. Last fall, that fell to 1,122, a 17 per cent drop.

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