EDUCATION

As Council Committee Embraces SROs, a Grassroots Organization Touts Different Approach to Gun Violence

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer

Each year, the committee mark-up portion of the D.C. Council’s budget review process becomes a test of cCouncil members’ alignment with the mayor on certain issues.

It’s no different this year, especially when it comes to whether to stop the gradual removal of school resource officers (SROs).

The D.C. Council’s Committee on Public Safety and Judiciary, led by D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2), recently expressed support for a portion of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal that keeps SROs in District schools.

In its unanimously approved committee report, the D.C. Council