In Missouri, school officials and police in St. Joseph attribute the significant decline in crime referrals to the presence of well-trained school resource officers. During 2015, referrals dropped by over 60 percent to nearly 449 cases. In Pennsylvania, an Allegheny…
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Safety Law News for September 6, 2016
In Arizona, officials in Pima County are looking for policy solutions to the truancy epidemic. One-fifth of Tucson-area juveniles are chronically truant. In New Jersey, the Elmwood Park Board of Education is implementing a shared service plan with the Elmwood…
Safety Law News for August 30, 2016
In California, SB 1072 has been approved by the legislature and placed on the desk of the Governor. The state law would require school buses to be outfitted with an alarm system to ensure students are not forgotten on the…
Safety Law News for June 28, 2016
In Virginia, the Hampton Police Division will spend over $1 million in the coming fiscal year to station officers within the city’s schools and provide safe road-crossing for students. In Alabama, the new interagency school safety agreement between Huntsville school…
Safety Law News For January 12, 2016
In Florida, a lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require school-resource officers at every public-school campus. The legislation, SB 1368, would require that at least one officer be present at each public school from 30 minutes before classes start…
Safety Law News for December 16, 2015
In Nebraska, the Lincoln Police Department will begin to include de-escalation tactics into its defensive and control tactics training. It is part of an assessment into how officers diffuse tense situations. When an officer does use force, a report must…
Safety Law News for October 20, 2015
In North Carolina, the New Hanover County Commissioners unanimously approved a multi-agency agreement designed to reduce the number of students whose behavior problems in school lead to criminal charges. The agreement lays out a number of options for school resource…
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…
Safety Law News for September 11, 2015
In Colorado, John Michael Keyes has created a school safety plan called Standard Response Protocol. It is a simplified emergency plan instructing students to follow one of four procedures during any situation: Lockout, Lockdown, Evacuate, Shelter. Mr. Keyes is the…
Safety Law News for August 21, 2015
In Massachusetts, Worcester city Mayor Joe Petty announced that the Superintendent, City Manager, and Police Chief have decided to implement the school resource officer model in the Worcester Public Schools. In Georgia, the officials in the Gainesville school district have…