— In Massachusetts, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts ruled that a student’s statement to a school administrator that he was going to kill his teacher was not protected speech under the First Amendment. In reversing the lower court, the appellate…
Tag: body cameras
Safety Law News for April 9, 2020
• In Kentucky, the General Assembly passed the 2020-2021 budget that includes a $40 million earmark to implement the recently enacted school safety laws. The laws require specific security measures at school buildings, mandate more mental health and counseling services,…
Safety Law News for July 29, 2016
In New York City, dozens of school resource officers were hospitalized after clashes with students in the first three months of the year, according to NYPD data. Sixty-nine suffered injuries; 40 were severe enough to require hospital visits. Out of…
Safety Law News for May 17, 2016
In Texas, the Irving Police Department has joined the Dallas Police Department to placed body cameras on its school resource officers. The data from the camera footage will be stored online. In Virginia, a pilot program in Roanoke schools will…
Safety Law News for November 3, 2015
In Maryland, Montgomery County becomes one of the first jurisdictions in the state to outfit school resource officers with body cameras. Nationally, the video of a school resource officer pulling a female student out of her desk at Spring Valley…
Safety Law News for September 29, 2015
In Virginia, the Montgomery County Public Schools is ordering police officers not to use their body cameras on school property, no matter what the circumstance until a policy agreement can be worked out. In Massachusetts, students at Worcester high schools…
School Safety Law News for August 17, 2015
In Ohio, officials in the Reynoldsburg City Schools report that stolen cell phones are one of the biggest crime problems students experience on campus. In Alabama, Hartselle City Schools Resource Officers are educating parents on the dangers of sexting and…
Safety Law News for July 9, 2015
In Oklahoma, Governor Fallin signed State Senate Bill 262, which requires school districts in the state to provide training on workplace safety and health to students in grades 7 through 12. In Illinois, the Springfield School District approved spending $489,200…
Safety Law News for 12/16/14
Orange County, Florida Public Schools, the tenth largest school district in the U.S., has voted to establish its own school police force. The officers will have arrest powers and be allowed to carry weapons on school property. In Pennsylvania, York…