Eye On Annapolis

Scooters For School Cops?

Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 at 1:45 pm by John Frenaye in Anne Arundel County Crime, Crime News, Education

School Resource Officers Armed With Scooters

It appears that Anne Arundel County high school resource officers (police officers assigned to schools) have a new tool (toy?) to play with in the parking lots of the schools.

From a distance, it looks like the Zappy 3 Standard scooter with a cost of  $600. While supplying these to the county’s 12 high schools is not a huge cost, the question remains is it really needed? Does this come from the already strapped school budget? Or the already strapped county budget?

This morning, as a car alarm was blaring for nearly 5 minutes, one of the scooter equipped officers was busy demonstrating how it can go down a curb from a sidewalk. One might think an investigation of the alarm might have been a priority.

What are your opinions? Was this a good addition to the school resource program? Or a waste of money?  Paul Blart, School Cop anyone?

Tags: Anne Arundel County Police Department, Schools