“Thank you, Officer Karney, for saving my son’s life”: a mother writes to the SRO whom her son tried to shoot. Her son is now serving a six year sentence for attempted murder. When North Carolina passed its new law…
Author: Bernie James
Safety Law News for 9/28/12
An undercover police officer, who spent nearly two years as a “student” at a Houston high school, talks about the drug culture. Elementary students in Arkansas are undergoing training to become young emergency responders in the event of a crisis.…
Safety Law News for 9/26/12
A federal judge in Minneapolis has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against educators who read through a student’s Facebook and email accounts. A school shooting in Missouri was averted, perhaps minutes before it would have begun, when a student shared…
Safety Law News for 9/24/12
Michigan prosecutors will need to decide whether to charge a student who, acting out of stress, posted threats on Facebook. One Massachusetts school district has decided to prioritize student safety over academics, after one student died from a drug overdose…
Safety Law News for 9/21/12
A Colorado school confiscated two rosaries from a student because it could connect him to the Sureno gang. The student body and community appear unimpressed, as they question basic facts in the situation. In one South Carolina classroom, a 10-year-old…
Safety Law News for 9/17/12
Connecticut educators will not let drug dogs sniff students. They will let the dogs sniff lockers and backpacks when students are not around. After several shootings, including the fatal shooting of a girl, a Connecticut technical school is installing metal…
Safety Law News for 9/12/12
When a California student became the target of the “Kill Katie Klub,” educators apparently decided not to act and SROs did act. It was his twelfth day on the job: an Illinois teacher tackled and subdued a student who fired…
Safety Law News for 9/10/12
An eight-year-old student in Colorado cannot wear his Peyton Manning jersey to school because the No. 18 jersey could be gang-affiliated. Oklahoma educators and parents disagree on the definition of bullying—and on whether the school should discipline a student for…
Safety Law News for 9/7/12
Missouri educators respond to fight videos posted online by their students. A lawsuit against Birmingham Police Department, for using pepper spray in schools, is now a class action lawsuit. The Ohio teenager who was charged with inducing panic, because of…
Safety Law News for 9/4/12
High schoolers say that guns and fights are normal to them, during a focus group in Washington state, and they discuss possible solutions. Extra security is posted at Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens High School, after a weekend shooting that left…