In Florida, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is shifting patrol and staffing assignments in order to increase its presence at Lee County Schools. It will designate at least 40 additional officers as SROs and shift an additional 100 officers to…
Tag: Tennessee
Safety Law News for March 13, 2018
In Florida, the Governor signed into law legislative reforms to school safety, mental health and gun-control measures. Part of the $400 million allocated in the law will be used to hire and train more school resource officers and mental health…
Safety Law News for January 17, 2018
In Tennessee, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, juvenile court officials, judges, and district attorneys are reacting to the Report by the Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Juvenile Justice. The Report calls for a major overhaul in the juvenile justice system. Included…
Safety Law News for November 27, 2017
In North Carolina, students in middle school and high school across the North Carolina Piedmont region are addicted to powerful drugs. School resource officers say that they see students getting high in class with their teacher in the room. In…
Safety Law News for August 23, 2017
In Tennessee, state prosecutors say the failure of principals, counselors and teachers to report suspected abuse to proper authorities has become an epidemic. State law mandates any adult with a suspicion or direct knowledge of child abuse must report it…
Safety Law News for August 2, 2017
In Tennessee, officials in Rutherford County are seeing a decrease in weapons-related offenses on campus. They say that students have developed relationships with school resource officers, making them feel comfortable with discussing weapons on campus. In Wisconsin, the Madison School…
Safety Law News for April 10, 2017
In Tennessee, the director of Murfreesboro City Schools has asked the Murfreesboro City Council to expand the school resource officer program. Dr. Linda Gilbert says, “we would love to have one in every school…we have found them absolutely invaluable to…
Safety Law News for February 6, 2017
In Minnesota, arresting students is a last resort in the St. Paul Public Schools. Students caught fighting or carrying small amounts of alcohol or marijuana are being sent home to their parents instead of the juvenile detention center. In Wisconsin,…
Safety Law News for January 9, 2017
In Tennessee, the Court of Appeals held that educators were not liable for the injuries of a 13–year-old special education student who was assaulted by another 13–year-old special education student in a school bathroom. The court reasoned that liability follows…
Safety Law News for November 21, 2016
In Georgia, more Gwinnett County public school students are being suspended from school than they were at this point a year ago. In Washington State, a coalition of the community petitioned Spokane Public Schools to revise the district’s use-of-force policy…