Safety Law News for 3/15/13

• Brimfield Township, Ohio school resource officers are proactively taking steps to keep students safer and calmer in an emergency by spearheading a campaign called “Go Bucket.”

• Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot crossed political party lines to announce backing legislation to put school resource officers in every public school in the state.

• The federal appeals court in Atlanta this summer will hear the appeal of Birmingham school resource officers who dispute claims that they violated constitutional rights by using pepper spray on students.

• At a time when school resource officers’ responsibilities are growing, Twin Cities, Minnesota cities are decreasing school resource officers in response to budget cuts.