The Missouri legislature voted to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of a law that would allow school districts to designate teachers or administrators to have guns in school as school safety officers. But school administrators and superintendents are refusing to allow…
Author: Bernie James
Safety Law News for 10/23/14
Rutherford County, Tennessee School Resource Officers are teaching the DRIVE Course to students in both the classroom and on the road. DRIVE stands for the Defense Response Improving Vehicle Education program. In Florida, the Lee County School District has added…
Safety Law News for 10/17/14
The Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline will be taking over the administrative functions of a school safety notification program in Northland, Missouri schools. The new program allows students from the Northland schools to anonymously text tips to law enforcement. New York…
Safety Law News for 10/6/14
There are broad variations of reform on the roles of school resource officers in America. Policy makers are looking for solutions that vary with the unique local issues in each jurisdiction. In Colorado, school resource officers, counselors, nurses, staff and…
Safety Law News for 9/26/14
In Omaha, Nebraska, associate school resource officers are part-time employees who are retired from the police force. They work as sworn officers in public schools, but now they’re seeing their hours slashed because of provisions of the federal Affordable Health…
Safety Law News for 9/3/14
A growing number of cities in Connecticut are choosing to eliminate the once popular Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, redirecting DARE funds into a full-time school resource officer. A federal judge has ruled a jury must decide whether an Allentown,…
Safety Law News for 8/26/14
In North Carolina, two Charlotte Mecklenburg schools that had School Resource Officers (SRO’s) last year will not have them this year. Those officers will be transferred to schools that are more troubled. School resource officers in Henry County, Tennessee…
Safety Law News for 8/22/14
The percentage of American parents who fear for their child’s physical safety in school is at 27% according to a new Gallup Poll on school safety. In Hillsborough County, Florida, the school district has implemented a new school security plan.…
Safety Law News for 8/18/14
A staffing shortage of 18 officers at the Fargo, North Dakota Police Department means school resource officers are going to be pulled out of schools and placed back into squad cars. The Police Department and Fargo Public Schools are collaborating…
Safety Law News for 8/14/14
Students in Jackson County, Alabama return to classes without a School Resource Officer Program. Officials are working hard to bring deputies back to the schools after grant funds dried up and the money ran out. The Santa Maria, California Police…