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Safety Law News for 11/11/14

by Bernie James • November 11, 2014

In Massachusetts, new law requires every chief of police, in consultation with the superintendent, to assign at least one school resource officer to serve the school district. The roadblock for many cash-strapped local police departments and school districts in implementing this provision is funding.

The school resource officer’s program in Tucson, Arizona schools is on hold because of fears about Arizona’s strict immigration law. Parents and school officials want to make sure their kids’ immigration status will not be questioned at school.

The Las Vegas, Nevada Police Department will receive $1.6 million in grant funding from a COPS – U.S. Justice Department program to fund salaries and benefits for 13 school resource officers for about three years.

In Tennessee, the Bradley County Sheriff and Bradley County Superintendent have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding the School Resource Officer program to all Bradley County Schools.

The Pinellas County, Florida schools district police department, which purchased 28 M-16s for its school resource officers, is returning the assault rifles to the federal government.

Safety Law News for 11/4/14

by Bernie James • November 4, 2014

The San Leandro Police Department was awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, which will be used to hire two school resource officers for the San Leandro School District’s high schools and middle schools.

Spokane, Washington school officials agreed in early 2013 to allow district-employed school resource officers to carry guns in schools. Yet not all school resource officers are certain they want to carry guns, at least not at their current pay.

In Indiana, the Crawfordsville Police Department and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office have recognized how well students receive police officers in the schools.

Pennsylvania legislators have introduces three bills on school safety, House Bill 896, House Bill 715, and Senate Bill 1193.

Six years after budget constraints forced the Salinas, California Police Department to cut the School Resource Officers program; it received a $3.4 million federal grant to reinstate the program for three years.

Safety Law News for 10/29/14

by Bernie James • October 29, 2014

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 their teachers to carry guns.

In Florida, the Manatee County School Board has hired 32 armed officers from a private security company to protect the schools. The response of the Palmetto Police Department was to provide one school resource officer to an elementary school for the 2014-15 year free of charge.

Greenville, North Carolina police officers have started to volunteer their time in local schools to make sure that all schools in the city are covered.

Colorado law allows for school campus security personnel to be armed. They have no legal authority to arrest someone, but they can make a citizen’s arrest and detain someone suspected of a crime. The Colorado Springs School District gives security guards the option to decide whether or not to be armed.

Safety Law News for 10/23/14

by Bernie James • October 23, 2014

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 10 school resource officers to be shared between the 44 elementary schools.

The Missouri legislature has voted to override the veto of the Governor to enact a law that arms teachers in schools. The law requires the Department of Public Safety to develop a training program to allow teachers and administrators to become “school protection officers” who can have concealed weapons in schools.

The San Diego Unified School District has acquired a 14-ton armored vehicle it plans to use as a search and rescue vehicle. The US Marine Corps trained school resource officers on how to drive and use the M-RAP.

Safety Law News for 10/17/14

by Bernie James • October 17, 2014

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 Congressman, Tom Reed is introducing legislation that will reauthorize the COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) program on a long-term, five-year basis (for Fiscal Years 2015-2019) with prioritization for law enforcement to apply for School Resource Officer grants.

In New Jersey, the Washington Township school district will begin using special law enforcement officers (SLEO) to expand the school safety program into the middle and elementary schools.

The West Chester, Ohio Police Department officers have created a YouTube video to show to elementary school students to highlight “Stranger Danger.” The video given students various scenarios the children may encounter and how to handle them, including hitting an adult to escape abduction.

Safety Law News for 10/6/14

by Bernie James • October 6, 2014

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 officials with school safety and disciplinary programs are reporting an increase in marijuana-related incidents in middle and high schools.

After threats are made on an app called “street chat,” school resource officers were put back at a Unicoi County, Tennessee High School despite funding shortages.

School resource officers are being utilized as an important resource for students during October as National Anti-Bullying Awareness Month.

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