Safety Law News for 6/14/13

  • The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that students must be given Miranda warnings when being interviewed by any administrator with a school officer present regarding disciplinary issues that may prove criminal.
  • Rowan County, Kentucky Sheriff hires retired federal agents as special deputies assigned to be school resource officers to serve the school system through the sheriff’s office.
  • The Marion County, Florida Sheriff’s Office has decided to pull its two remaining Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officers out of the schools and put them on patrol.
  • The Indian River, Delaware School District plans to hire either a qualified campus security officer or a school resource officer for all of its schools when the 2013-2014 school year begins in September.