Tag: strip search

Safety Law News for July 9, 2018

In Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that an assistant principal was not acting as an agent of police when he interviewed a student, and thus Miranda warnings were not required. (D.Z. v. State)   In Indiana, the Indiana Supreme…

Safety Law News for 10/31/12

When an off-campus Facebook dispute led to an on-campus knife confrontation, educators handled the incident like they would any knife threat on campus. Rather than ruling on a high profile strip search case, the North Carolina Supreme Court has returned…

Safety Law News for 10/29/12

When a Los Angeles Unified SRO was unable to break up a hallway brawl and rescue a fallen student, he released pepper spray into the crowd of about 50 students. An Illinois mother is suing her son’s school for strip…

Safety Law News for 8/1/12

A kindergarten teacher ordered twenty-four students to line up and hit a six-year-old boy, who was also one of her students. She said he was a bully and needed to learn a lesson, but she is now on paid administrative…

Safety Law News for 6/4/12

 The Atlantic asks: Do Cell Phones Belong in the Classroom? A new FCC condition on federal technology funds — combined with a new anti-cyberbullying law in Ohio — mean that educators face new imperatives in teaching students about social media…