"So we've pushed for more school safety agents, for walkie-talkies and for other ways that will allow people to be in touch with each other".
As a result, officials said, two school buildings, Jamaica High School and Campus Magnet, both in Queens, will be policed more aggressively under the Operation Impact program, which sends more police officers and safety agents to schools deemed unruly.
Among the issues that officials said they were studying were the number, deployment and duties of the city's more than 2,000 school safety agents.
We need other more specialized forms of public safety agents as well, like mental health caseworkers, drug treatment providers, and public health officers.
However, more safety trials are needed for agents like nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion.
Police officials also said that the city's 4,100 school safety agents have become more adept at recognizing various kinds of offenses, creating a clearer picture of crime.
On Feb. 1, the chief, Douglas Zeigler, will take command of the bureau as it absorbs the School Safety Division to oversee more than 4,500 police officers and safety agents who work in schools.
"More safety will make loans more expensive.
School safety agents, whom advocates had criticized as being better prepared for policing streets than keeping an eye on school hallways, were given more training.
