The Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department/Los Angeles School Police Department (LAUSDPD/LASPD) the largest independent school police department in the United States. It served 25% of its total 3,389 arrests while issuing 2,724 citations and 1,282 diversions to the LA Unified School district’s Black student population between 2014 and 2017, though black students making up less than 9% of the total student population (Allen et al., 2018). Despite this, the LASPD claims on their website that their goal is to “to address the quality of life issues that impact student safety and the ability of the students and staff to enjoy a safe learning environment.” This photo collection aims to juxtapose the rhetoric and myth-making used by School District Police Departments to inform their actions and interactions towards their district’s student population alongside the statistical impacts of their activities.
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