- Firearms training for Spokane, Washington Public Schools’ resource officers is not enough. The 14 commissioned school resource officers who are certified and trained by the Spokane Police Department will be required to become Spokane Police Department reserve officers, too.
- Florida Senate Bill 968 has died in committee. The legislation that would have allowed school superintendents or principals to appoint staff or volunteers to carry concealed weapons on campuses is dead.
- A Richland County, South Carolina school resource officer expanded his mentorship role in the area schools by creating and providing leadership for the student-sponsored school district chess club.
- Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina General Assembly, all of Rowan-Salisbury’s middle schools have a school resource officer again. The $7 million grant provides funding for school resource officers in elementary and middle schools throughout the state.