Parents and activists are pleading for school safety agents to stay in public schools and be kept under the jurisdiction of the NYPD, and not the Department of Education.

They are concerned with rising crime and gang violence in schools as recent calls have come to defund the police and remove the uniformed school safety agents.

Students spoke out to recall instances of bullying and violence they faced from their peers.

Mona Davids, of the New York City School Safety Coalition, says there were school safety agents there for her when she was hurt.

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