Rising Share of U.S. K12 Schools Have Sworn Officers
A growing share of public primary schools in the United States have sworn law enforcement officers on site.
According to Pew Research, "An estimated 36% of U.S. public primary schools had sworn officers on site at least once a week in the 2015-16 school year, up from 21% a decade earlier, according to the report from the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The share of primary schools with an officer present grew much faster during this period than the share of secondary schools with an officer on site, which increased from 58% to 65%."