Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s Post

The stark decline in applicant numbers—from a robust pool of hundreds to a mere handful of dozens—presents an necessitous challenge. This troubling trend brings to the forefront the multifaceted barriers we face in recruitment and retention through the Emergency Services lens, especially within regions like Kentucky where fast and loose organizations are attempting to loosen EMS accreditation policies to attempt to stop the bleed. The issues at hand, ranging from the demanding and lengthy training requirements to the diminishing appeal of our state pension system post-reforms, are indicative of deeper systemic challenges. Moreover, despite our neighbors in Ohio offering more attractive starting salaries, it's clear that financial incentives alone are insufficient to attract talent to Northern Kentucky. This situation accentuates the need for a comprehensive review and revision of recruitment and retention strategies. We must be duty-bound to confront these challenges directly. This calls for a proactive reassessment of our training programs, ensuring they are both rigorous but accessible. Ensuring compensation and benefits packages resonate, the evolving priorities of the contemporary workforce necessitates a strategic alignment that goes beyond traditional incentives, embracing a nuanced understanding of what today’s young EMS professions seek in their employment medium. This moment is an opportunity to innovate and improve how we attract, develop, and retain the skilled professionals essential to our community's well-being through data driven decisions.

How do we ensure student safety in public schools? What role should police play in the process? Where can restorative justice practices be implemented? The latest issue of #VUE shares commentary from education movement advocate #NormFruchter, as he considers the impact of modifying public school security policies, from the NYPD’s control of NYC’s School Security Agents to the imposition of metal detectors in selected city schools. VUE is an open-access journal published twice annually and endeavors to serve as a “roundtable-in-print” by bringing together diverse education stakeholders with a wide range of viewpoints, including leading education writers and thinkers, as well as essential but frequently underrepresented voices in educational scholarship, such as students, parents, teachers, activists, and community members. Read the article titled “Depolicing Schools”, and more content from Voices In Urban Education (VUE) Volume 52, Issue 1-Chasing Equity: Fighting for Justice in New York City’s Schools here: bit.ly/473hOjn #NYUMetroCenter #NYUSteinhardt #VoicesinUrbanEducation #VUE #NormFruchter #PolicingSchools #Equity #Justice #Students #Parents #Journal #SchoolSafetyPolicies #Education #EducationPractices #RestrorativeJustice #Police #SchoolSafetyAgents #StudentSafety

Advocates are celebrating a policy change by the Pittsburgh Public School board. Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) has extended the moratorium on issuing summary citations. Summary Citations are similar to traffic tickets, and often issued to youth for low-level infractions like disorderly conduct. These citations have been disproportionately issued to Black students in Pittsburgh Public Schools by school police and can have negative long-term consequences for students. Read more about the moratorium extension here: https://lnkd.in/eK4pupy4

90% of South Carolina schools have a School Resource officer assigned to their campus. School resource officers are police officers who are trained to view challenging behavior the same way as they would a criminal act on the streets. As a result, a simple school yard fight can end up being classified as assault and battery. Nationally, we have seen students as young as six arrested by school resource officers. While the safety of our students in schools is paramount, we need to make sure that officers have the tools that they need to deal with challenging behavior of students, learn how to properly deescalate children, and understand how to deal with a student who has a disability. Children are not equipped with the same decision-making abilities as adults, nor are they able to comprehend lifelong consequences of one simple act. Most challenging behaviors are learning opportunities for children to better understand themselves and the world and children should not be treated as little adults. Last week we released a new blog about the school-to-prison pipeline and how public schools can produce positive outcomes for children if fully supported. Read our Education Policy Attorney Jennifer Rainville's full blog here: https://lnkd.in/d7Vj52dA

In a recent report from the LINK Reader, a concerning trend is revealed: interest in police careers is significantly waning. Officers like Scott Paul, with an unexpected background as a minister, exemplify a changing face in law enforcement—a departure from traditional paths into policing. The Independence Police Chief, Brian Ferayorni, shares a similar story, but the critical insight is the unanimous agreement on the necessity for intrinsic motivation in the profession. Yet, data shows a drastic decline in applicants, with figures plunging from hundreds to mere dozens. The reasons are multifaceted, from lengthy and rigid training requirements in Kentucky to an unappealing state pension system post-reforms. Despite higher starting salaries in Ohio, Northern Kentucky struggles to compete, further exacerbating department recruitment challenges. https://lnkd.in/gwCPnTjW

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Here's what principals are telling their legislators is needed to protect the interests of their schools.

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