Auon’tai Anderson says DPS board didn’t backtrack on SRO reversal, claims mayor issued ultimatum

DENVER — The Denver School Board member who led the charge in 2020 to phase out school resource officers said the board didn’t backtrack when it voted to reinstate SROs in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting and claimed the mayor threatened to use emergency powers if the board didn’t comply.

"In terms of what we can expect at East from here until the end of the school year, in collaboration with Chief Thomas and with support from our mayor and also communicated this to the Board of Education, that we will have two armed officers here at East until the end of the school year," Marrero said during a press briefing outside the school Wednesday.

When asked if the board backtracked when it suspended its 2020 decision, Anderson said board members were simply responding to what the community was demanding. “The mayor was the one who put the pressure on the district and again wanted to sign an executive order to deploy SROs and declare a public health emergency like he did with vaccinations,” Anderson said.

“With the temporary reintroduction of SROs, we were very clear the funding needs to come from the city,” he said. “DPS doesn't have the budget to provide two cops per every high school. And we have over we have almost 80 high schools in the district.” Armed Denver police officers will be back at East High School beginning next Monday when students return from spring break. Marrero has until June 30 to develop a long-term safety plan based on community input before he presents it to the board for review.

So they don’t want to protect the kids?

.AuontaiAnderson is literally the worst kind of person. He creates drama around race and anything else that allows his name to be printed. Truly awful person who's actions have now created actual harm. And yet 'Tay' surely sleeps fine at night fully aware of what he's done. Evil

Tay Tay needs to recount for his actions

Keep cops out of schools

The board that put this violent criminal in this school needs to be ousted. This mess is THEIR fault.

You don't bring police to intimidate the 98% innocent kids. You STOP putting criminals in schools with good kids. Put them in a school designed for their need for hierarchy and power, that have SRO's. Won't need as many SRO's that way.

I stand with the mayor.

Board needs to be removed!!

If there isn’t enough drama already, Tay will make sure he creates some…🙄

BWAHAHAHAHA!

He does seem allergic to the truth

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