Author: Bernie James

Safety Law News for 8/2/13

• The Steuben County, New York legislature voted unanimously to approve a plan that would put retired police officers in their public schools. have added security in their schools at a good bargain. • The Pennsylvania Legislature has compromised on…

Safety Law News 7/29/13

Educators and school resource officers in Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama schools collaborate to host 150 fifth and sixth graders from Huntsville and Madison County schools for a summer camp that teaches the students the importance of staying away from…

Safety Law News for 7/25/13

The County commissioners of Rowan County, North Carolina reject a request for school resource officers at the county’s middle schools in a “hold-the-line county budget.” Richland, South Carolina school officials believe that school resource officers need to be in all…

Safety Law News for 7/22/13

The Columbia Board of Education has voted against a measure that would have allowed two school officials to carry guns on campus.  Instead, the Board would prefer resource officers.  A school resource officer will be working at every one of…

Safety Law News for 7/11/13

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released recommendations from his school-safety task force of law enforcement, educators, mental health officials, firefighters and clergy.  The task force called for schools to provide detailed floor plans for law enforcement, and calls on state…

Safety Law News for 7/8/13

Tennessee school systems – with and without with their own resource officers – aren’t showing any interest in a new Tennessee law allowing teachers with police training to carry guns.  The Maine legislature rejected a bill that would have allowed…

Safety Law News for 7/3/13

The Central Valley, New York School Board meets  with area police chiefs to receive input on upcoming decision on whether or not to hire a school resource officer.  The Benton, Illinois School District  cannot afford to hire resource officers.  As…

Safety Law News for 7/1/13

An agreement has been reached placing full-time school resource police officers in all Gurnee, Illinois schools. The “bully bucket” has been introduced in Twin Falls, Idaho schools.  When a student is bullied, he or she can fill out a form…

Safety Law News for 6/24/13

A smartphone app for sending photos that disappear within seconds is causing concern for educators and school resource officers who work in schools. Butler County, Ohio Sheriff declares that he “won’t support a school levy again that doesn’t address school…

Safety Law News for 6/19/13

• Kearney, Kentucky Public Schools profile the success of the triad approach in the performance of a local school resource officer. •  Two school districts in the State of Iowa – the Bondurant-Farrar School District and the Clinton School District…