USC is addressing the issue of police relations with a new report and an event discussing 21st century policing. The school's Institute for Public Service and Policy Research released the report on reactions to last year's incident between a school resource officer and a student at Spring Valley High School on Tuesday. This was two days ahead of a forum at the School of Law entitled "Finding Common Ground: Policing in the 21st Century."
The report, released just days after the ACLU filed a federal suit against the state of South Carolina over SRO policies, offers a look at what people across the Palmetto State think of policing in schools after Spring Valley. It also examines how much people heard about the incident.
You can see the full report here.
The forum is not the first on the topic of policing at the USC Law School, and this edition will feature Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook and USC Provost Joan Gabel. It will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the School of Law Auditorium.