- The Florida Court of Appeals has upheld a jury verdict that found a school board negligent for failing to discipline a student with an extensive disciplinary history. [Duval County School Bd. v. Buchanan ex rel. Cox]
- The U.S. Department of Justice has given the Charles County, Maryland School Resource Officers Program the designation of “a model for the nation” for building a culture of trust in the schools.
- Elected officials in Red Deer County in central Alberta, Canada have voted unanimously to implement a school resource officer program in all of its schools.
- More than 1,000 fifth-grade students in Highlands County, Florida attended the county’s annual DARE graduation event to celebrate the end of their year in the drug education program.