Safety Law News for 1/16/13

• The Lafayette, Louisiana school system and Police Department have made adjustments to the use of school resource officers following the rape of a student on campus.

• Local New Hampshire citizens prepare to vote to bring back school resource officers removed by the school board.

• Winston-Salem schools report a major reduction in student suspensions using new disciplinary program that actively involves school resource officers and school administrators.

• Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is asking lawmakers to hold off on spending more than $32 million in unappropriated money until after his new school safety task force makes its initial recommendations.