- In Massachusetts, new law requires every chief of police, in consultation with the superintendent, to assign at least one school resource officer to serve the school district. The roadblock for many cash-strapped local police departments and school districts in implementing this provision is funding.
- The school resource officer’s program in Tucson, Arizona schools is on hold because of fears about Arizona’s strict immigration law. Parents and school officials want to make sure their kids’ immigration status will not be questioned at school.
- The Las Vegas, Nevada Police Department will receive $1.6 million in grant funding from a COPS – U.S. Justice Department program to fund salaries and benefits for 13 school resource officers for about three years.
- In Tennessee, the Bradley County Sheriff and Bradley County Superintendent have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding the School Resource Officer program to all Bradley County Schools.
- The Pinellas County, Florida schools district police department, which purchased 28 M-16s for its school resource officers, is returning the assault rifles to the federal government.