As the arrest of two six-year-olds in a Florida school in October has shown, sometimes one threat to the students is the officers themselves.
The Departments of Education and Justice urged schools to examine their use of police officers to discipline students. They offer guidelines and tools to revise their policies.
There's anecdotal evidence of police excessive use of Tasers on students. But no one is keeping track.
The San Antonio school district fires school police officer who body-slammed student. The superintendent said the officer's report is inconsistent with what the video shows.
