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"We are about graduation, not incarceration": L.A. Unified School Police Implements New "Graduated Response" Policy

Mitch de Leon   |

Aug 20, 2014 09:40 AM EDT

After more than two years of being at the receiving end of pressure from civic groups, as well as having been under close scrutiny and strengthened monitoring by the federal government with regard discriminatory school discipline practices, sweeping changes were finally implemented in the country's second-largest school system. Groups involved in the fight for change included the Community Rights Campaign, Public Counsel, school administrators, police officials, and other concerned citizens.