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| Subject: Children are being handcuffed in public schools Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:22 pm | |
| WA bill aimed at stopping school officers from using handcuffs
SEATTLE (AP) -- Could your child be handcuffed for talking back to a school security officer or for acting or looking like a drug user? The answer could be yes, if you live in a school district where security guards are allowed to carry handcuffs and pepper spray or Tasers.
State Sen. Claudia Kauffman, D-Kent, hopes to change that with a bill that would require Washington public schools to ramp up reporting requirements for on-campus use of handcuffs, pepper spray, Tasers and other security devices and curtail their use.
"I'm disturbed that children are being handcuffed in public schools. I'm concerned about what that does to the psyche of the student," Kauffman said
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