Tag: Virginia

Safety Law News for July 17, 2020

— In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida, denied the appeal by one of the unarmed campus monitors on duty February 14, 2018 at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.  The officer claimed he was…

Safety Law News for March 16, 2020

• In Pennsylvania, the United States District Court, refused to dismiss a case brought by parents of a student who was sexually assaulted by a teacher.  The parent suit alleges that the failure to report child abuse, the failure to…

Safety Law News for March 11, 2020

• In California, state officials are acknowledging that the 30-year drop in juvenile arrests is making it necessary to lower funding for juvenile halls and camps that are no longer needed.  In California, the number of juvenile arrests dropped even…

Safety Law News for February 24, 2020

• In Kentucky, the Governor signed into law the school safety bill that will require school resource officers to be armed.  The law goes into effect immediately.  (Senate Bill 8) • In New Jersey, the United States District Court refused…

Safety Law News for December 3, 2019

• In Wisconsin, school-based law enforcement officers are being trained to take immediate action to neutralize acts of school violence.  “Running toward the disturbance,” is the dominant theme of appropriate training nationwide.  This is what occurred in a recent incident…

Safety Law News for March 19, 2019

• In Georgia, the Muscogee County School Board voted unanimously to hire a School Security Police Chief to implement changes on how school security employees handle crisis situations. • In Maryland, Baltimore lawmakers killed a proposal that would have allowed…

Safety Law News for January 29, 2019

In Florida, the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, held that the Palm Beach County School Board did not violate the rights of its employees by requiring all applicants for substitute teacher positions to submit to and pass a…

Safety Law News for January 22, 2019

In South Carolina, legislation has been introduced that would add an additional 7% tax on all gun sales, to be used to hire school resource officers at every school in the state. House Bill 3109 would supply resource officers in…

Safety Law News for January 15, 2019

In Congress, a bill, called the Promoting Resource Officers Together for Exceptionally Critical Targets with Key Investments in Districts and Schools Act, or “Protect Kids Act,” has been introduced. The legislation sets aside $250 million in matching grants to hire…