They just stop us out of nowhere. We could be walking as a group, and they stop us out of nowhere. And we be like, you know, “What happened? What we did?” “Oh, we heard some suspicious thing in the neighborhood.”… We all get frisked. No matter what (Goodman, 2018, pg.39).

It is true that the school resource officers, which also called police officers, preserve the safety of the school environment. Definitely, because of their contributions, the schools are safe, as well as students feel comfortable, which encourage their learning without any anxious feelings. However, regards to some communities, the police officers embodied their unlimited powers and strict attitudes toward students who “looks like” suspicious. According to my field experience in New World High School, located at North Bronx, I could describe the school system as a prison. First of all, I recognized the community itself identified as the coverage of low-income families, residents of most Black and Hispanics groups, involve gang activities, etc. Since I am an Asian, which one of the minority group in this community, every person treats me as a human being without any judgments about how am I looking, the way I behave, even the way I spoke to them. But such comfortable feelings ended after I arrived in my field site; there was a plenty of police cars surrounded school every single day. Besides that, to prevent unexpected dangers to the school community, every student must have investigated by the school resource officers (i.e. search pockets, backpack, materials that they bring from outside of the school) from their head to feet. Additionally, except faculties, students have to pass the backscatter scanners, like an airport, in order to access their classrooms. If students bring “sharpened” things, the school resource officers block the entrance and students sent to an inquiry room to investigate further. (sometimes the police officers treated students in an inappropriate manner). Now, let’s positioned as we are the educators of these students, should we keep act like a bystander? On the other hand, what school environment would be if we destroy the system? Does that become more safety or worse? I believe we (teachers, students, faculties, and police officers) do need a conversation about this issue, which to enhance our school environment to look less than a “prison”.