Month: December 2013

Safety Law News for 12/19/13

Asked in a survey by the New York State School Boards Association to identify the single most effective security measure in making schools safer, 47 percent of superintendents said that a security presence in the form of school resource officers,…

Safety Law News for 12/13/13

A report by the Pennsylvania House Select Committee for School Safety concludes school safety could be improved if teachers wear wireless pendants so they can signal trouble, retired police officers are hired to screen visitors at entrances and students have…

Safety Law News for 12/9/13

The Pennsylvania City of DuBois Police Department has revised a proposal to the DuBois Area School District in an effort to continue the 14-year-old School Resource Officer program. The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that a high school student’s…

Safety Law News for 12/2/13

Even though a sought-after federal grant fell through, the City of Minot, North Dakota and Minot Public Schools will form a partnership to provide resource officers in the schools.  Minot is the only major North Dakota that does not have…