Safety Law News for 3/31/14

  • A school resource officer in Jonesboro, Georgia discovers a loaded handgun while assisting educators in enforcing the code of conduct.   The chief of police says simply, “Officer did what he was trained to do.”
  •  School and town leaders in Newtown, Connecticut have forged a partnership for a new school security model that will provide a combination of 18 armed and unarmed security guards for the seven district schools.  New SROs in Milford, Connecticut are being received positively by the community.
  •  The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a high school principal for failing to comply with state law that requires school officials to immediately report instances of suspected child abuse occurring within their institutions to the Department of Child Services or law enforcement.  The victimized student told the educator that she had been raped by a fellow student, and he did not notify the police or the Department of Child Services for four hours.

Safety Law News for 3/27/14

  • Resource officers from several local law enforcement agencies in Ottawa County, Oklahoma are collaborating to address the issue of child abduction by holding educational assemblies for elementary and middle school students.
  •  Juvenile justice agencies in Richmond, California from the juvenile probation department, detectives from the juvenile division and school resource officers collaborate every month to make sure teens who have been in trouble with the law are staying out of trouble.

Safety Law News for 3/24/14

  • An improved relationship between Oak Ridge, Tennessee police and school officials as well as the hiring of a veteran officer as the second SRO in the high school were credited with helping decrease incidents on campus.
  •  Skyview High School in Boise, Idaho is the first school in the country to implement a wireless, location-based alarm system.  The new campus safety system requires school staff to wear wireless security badges capable of communicating directly with law enforcement as incidents occur.

Safety Law News for 3/17/14

  • The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the Texas Education Agency to ban the use of Tasers by school resource officers.

Safety Law News for 3/11/14

  • The Colorado House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 14-1157 on a 7 – 4 party line vote.  The legislation would authorize school boards to develop policies that would allow employees to carry a concealed weapons on school grounds, if they hold a valid permit.
  •  The Florida legislature has introduced House Bill 753 that will require that school boards have policies to deal with shooters and hostage situations on campus.  The proposal also authorizes local educators to appoint “school safety officers” with military or law enforcement training to carry guns on campus.
  •  Brocton, New York Superintendent John Hertlein said in his 43 years in education the single most important thing was having a resource officer on hand.
  •  School resource officers could start carrying stun guns at schools in Glynn County, Georgia as soon as this fall.

Safety Law News for 3/4/14

  •  The School Board of Highlands County, Florida is updating its bullying and harassment policy to include the term “cyberbullying” along with a detailed definition covering bullying through the use of technology such as communication devices, computers and social media.
  •  Brocton, New York Superintendent John Hertlein said in his 43 years in education the single most important thing was having a resource officer on hand.
  •  School resource officers could start carrying stun guns at schools in Glynn County, Georgia as soon as this fall.