An uptick in weapons seizures on school grounds renewed concerns from the head of the union that represents School Safety Agents that their transfer from the Police Department to the Department of Education could put students in jeopardy.
When high-school students returned to school buildings March 22, they brought more than just notebooks, according to a March 30 memo from Deputy Chief Olufunmilola Obe that was reported by the New York Post the following day. She wrote that there was an “increase in the amount of weapons and dangerous instruments recovered on school grounds.”
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