- In Tennessee, the Winchester School Board has approved a computer-based system that will scan IDs to ensure student safety, but how necessary the move is has now come into question.
- In Illinois, school officials in Edwardsville have created a Crime Scene Investigation Lab Project for high school students. The CSI Lab is a cooperative effort of school resource officers and the Science Department. In Iowa, a similar CSI program is underway in the Pleasant Hill schools.
- In Kentucky, the police chief of Louisville has posted a letter sent to school officials setting forth what school resource officers can and can’t do at schools.
- In Minnesota, the outgoing chairwoman of the St. Paul Board of Education is questioning the value of police officers in the city’s high schools. The Board has agreed to conduct a survey about the issue.