Safety Law News For October 27, 2015

  • In Florida, the Manatee County School District will spend almost $1.5 million for a school resource officers program. The program includes at least one SRO at each of the high schools and middle schools with shared coverage of most of the elementary schools.
  • In Alaska, school disciplinary data from the Anchorage schools shows that educators suspended males at a rate nearly three times greater than that of female students. Black students and students with disabilities were suspended at a rate double that of all students.
  • In Texas, officials in the Longview ISD plan on utilizing a new security device from called the ProV2. It’s a handheld device that provides at least three steps to diffuse tense situations on campus and uses Bluetooth technology to call administrators or 911.