Month: October 2014

Safety Law News for 10/29/14

The Missouri legislature voted to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of a law that would allow school districts to designate teachers or administrators to have guns in school as school safety officers.  But school administrators and superintendents are refusing to allow…

Safety Law News for 10/23/14

Rutherford County, Tennessee School Resource Officers are teaching the DRIVE Course to students in both the classroom and on the road.  DRIVE stands for the Defense Response Improving Vehicle Education program. In Florida, the Lee County School District has added…

Safety Law News for 10/17/14

The Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline will be taking over the administrative functions of a school safety notification program in Northland, Missouri schools.  The new program allows students from the Northland schools to anonymously text tips to law enforcement. New York…

Safety Law News for 10/6/14

There are broad variations of reform on the roles of school resource officers in America.  Policy makers are looking for solutions that vary with the unique local issues in each jurisdiction. In Colorado, school resource officers, counselors, nurses, staff and…