• In Missouri, officials in the Portageville School District are once again teaching students the drug abuse resistance education program known as DARE. The program is being brought back because officials believe “it builds a bridge between the police and…
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Safety Law News for February 10, 2020
• In New York, the Lockport City School District is installing facial recognition technology to monitor who’s on the campuses of its schools. Lockport school officials believe that, “if the technology had been in place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Safety Law News for February 4, 2020
• In Kentucky, the Daviess County Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs. The school district claims that large numbers of students across the county became addicted to nicotine because of a coordinated effort by Juul…
Safety Law News for January 31, 2020
• In New Mexico, House Bill 184 has been introduced imposing mandatory training requirements on school resource officers. It would require SROs to get more extensive training on crisis management, how to respond to students with mental and behavioral issues,…
Safety Law News for January 28, 2020
• In Kentucky, a bill filed in the current legislative session would require all school resource officers to carry firearms. The proposal, Senate Bill 8, amends Senate Bill 1 which did not specify whether or not resource officers had to…
Safety Law News for January 21, 2020
• In New York City, parents and other teachers in a Queens middle school say they are increasingly concerned over the lack of school discipline. The problem rest in the implementation of restorative justice discipline policies. Faculty and staff say…
Safety Law News for January 17, 2020
• In New York, the Schenectady City School District is struggling to implement its restorative justice school discipline policies. The new policies aim to handle incidents with constructive rather than punitive measures. The tide of parental concerns about student safety…
Safety Law News for January 15, 2020
• In Kentucky, the legislature has introduced a bill that would require school resource officers in Kentucky to carry guns. Senate Bill 8 would require that all schools have at least one armed SRO and one mental health counselor for…
Safety Law News for January 10, 2020
• In Ohio, the Wooster City School District is collaborating with the Wooster Police Department to place its officers on district school buses. The goal of the new policy is to provide personal, positive interactions with students and enhance the…
Safety Law News for December 10, 2019
• In Indiana, school resource officers in Hancock County are giving tickets to students caught vaping. The fine is more than $130 and school administrators notify parents of the incident. School officials hope the policy will discourage students. • In…