On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara stated that the department “has not had school resource officers assigned to schools within the last five years. That program was ended in the aftermath of the summer of 2020.” And “a lot of the parents, a lot of the teachers have been concerned about” this “and would like to see that program come back.”

Co-host Emma Rechenberg asked, “Could this have made a difference, had you had someone stationed just outside the church or just outside the school who could have run over to help?”

O’Hara answered, “Well, I can tell you this much: The Minneapolis Police Department has not had school resource officers assigned to schools within the last five years. That program was ended in the aftermath of t

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