Safety Law News for 6/27/14

  • In an opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices unanimously ruled that law enforcement officials cannot harvest the contents of a cell phone under the “search incident to arrest” exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment.
  • Statistics on the effectiveness of school resource officers in Charleston County, South Carolina schools elementary schools show a decline in incidents and a sharp decline in referrals to the juvenile justice system. Most students involved in incidents were neither arrested nor charged.
  • The Arlington, Texas school board unanimously voted to approve the Police Lunch Pilot Program.  Under the program, the school district will provide free lunch on all district campuses for uniformed police officers. The objective is to create engagement between students and officers and provide an extra level of security.