In a 2019 interview, Kamala Harris advocated for the removal of police officers from schools to address racial disparities.

In 2019, footage revealed that Vice President Kamala Harris supported the removal of police officers from schools to "demilitarize" school campuses.

In 2019, while serving as a California senator running for president, Harris spoke about the need to address the inequities in school discipline, particularly the disproportionate expulsion and suspension of Black and Brown boys as young as elementary school.

In October 2019, Harris participated in the 2019 Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College in South Carolina before dropping out of the 2020 presidential race and being named Biden's running mate. During the forum, a college student inquired about Harris's plan to expunge the records of juveniles, including those with a criminal offense, not just marijuana offenses, in order to enable them to attend college.

Harris acknowledged the need for reform in the juvenile justice system, stating that she has seen it firsthand and has a plan of action for criminal justice reform in her 2020 campaign.

I will put an end to the solitary confinement of juveniles and establish guidelines for reducing the incarceration of juveniles. This includes discussing and committing to less incarceration, as children being incarcerated for even a few days can be traumatic, let alone the weeks, months, and years that many are currently experiencing.

The Harris-Walz campaign has not yet responded to Planet Chronicle Digital's inquiry about her stance on removing officers from schools.

The protests and riots that swept the nation in 2020 after George Floyd's killing during an interaction with Minneapolis Police and when the coronavirus pandemic and its lockdowns upended society were preceded by Harris' comments on removing officers from schools.

In response to Floyd's death and the deaths of other Black Americans during interactions with police, school districts in liberal areas of the country began cutting ties with police departments, arguing that officers posed a greater threat to students of color than protecting schools from potential threats.

In 2020, school districts in cities like Minneapolis, Portland, Denver, and Oakland voted to sever their contracts with police departments and remove school resource officers from campuses. Researchers with Education Week found that at least 50 school districts between May 2020 and June 2022 removed officers or slashed budgets for school officers.

When schools reopened after lockdowns, violence often occurred, prompting parents to urge school leaders to reinstate officers. In Montgomery County, Maryland, officials partially reversed their decision to remove officers after a shooting injured a 15-year-old. Meanwhile, the D.C. city council quietly repealed a plan to remove officers from schools as juvenile crime increased in the nation's capital.

In response to a shooting at a high school, the Denver school district reinstated armed officers in 2021, following the same move made by the Alexandria, Virginia, school district the previous year.

In the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the Virginia school district experienced a series of violent confrontations in its schools. Some attributed these incidents to the Alexandria City Council's decision to abolish school resource officers in the spring of 2021.

"Peter Balas, the principal of Alexandria City High School, stated during an October 2021 meeting that students were sending warning shots, literally, to express their concerns about the return of SROs to campus. He urged caution, saying, "Please reconsider this. My staff, my students. We’re not OK.""

In 2021, the Pomona Unified School Board in California decided to abolish its school police department.

Four months after a shooting near Pomona High School that injured a 12-year-old, SROs returned to campus.

Planet Chronicle Digital searched for Harris's previous statements about removing officers from schools but found no evidence of such remarks. However, her 2020 presidential platform included a call for investing money in states to stop criminal charges for school-based disciplinary behavior.

In March, Harris became the top Democratic presidential candidate after Biden withdrew from the race due to concerns about his mental abilities. Last week in Chicago, Harris officially accepted the nomination and pledged to serve all Americans regardless of their political affiliation if elected to the presidency.