![]() ![]() The session also delved into the EPD’s relationship with Northwestern’s officers through a discussion with University Police Chief Bruce Lewis, who was also present. He did not name specific circumstances that necessitated officers, beside a brief mention of weapons in schools and a later comment on the threat assessment teams required at Illinois schools. “There are some things that are simply police matters,” Campbell said. However, he remained adamant the officers could not be replaced by social workers or other professionals. The participants presented the school resource officers in a positive light, with Campbell going so far as to say he wanted them to be seen as “educators.” Campbell also noted the officers were not called in for disciplinary or behavioral issues and repeatedly mentioned the 31 mental health professionals employed by the district. In the third of a series of discussions regarding policing in Evanston, Hagerty asked questions sent by community members to Evanston Township High School/District 202 Principal Marcus Campbell, police Chief Demitrous Cook, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton and a pair of school resource officers stationed at ETHS and in District 65. In a Monday virtual session, Mayor Steve Hagerty and school and police officials defended the presence of Evanston police in the city’s public schools.
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