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Safety Law News for 12/19/13

by Bernie James • December 19, 2013

Asked in a survey by the New York State School Boards Association to identify the single most effective security measure in making schools safer, 47 percent of superintendents said that a security presence in the form of school resource officers, security guards, or a stepped-up random police presence would be the most effective.

Pocatello, Idaho High School Principal says having resource officers in the schools makes a big difference in the atmosphere and attitude of the students.

Buckeye Firearms Foundation recently surveyed Ohio educators and discovered that at least 20 different school districts in Ohio have authorized individuals to carry firearms in schools.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals rules that a student’s statements to police officers during an in-school interview were admissible because he was not in custody and his statements were voluntary. It emphasized that the student was informed he was free to leave twice.

Safety Law News for 12/13/13

by Bernie James • December 13, 2013

A report by the Pennsylvania House Select Committee for School Safety concludes school safety could be improved if teachers wear wireless pendants so they can signal trouble, retired police officers are hired to screen visitors at entrances and students have access to more mental health services.

Several organizations in Texas are calling for tougher restrictions for the use of tasers and pepper spray in schools.

Students in Redding, Pennsylvania are beginning to assist educators in keeping school safe by alerting officials to ‘questionable’ Internet posts.

The Broward, Florida school district has allowed police officers to live rent-free on some school campuses since the 1980s as a way to provide after-hours safety. Critics say the program needs to be shut down.

Safety Law News for 12/9/13

by Bernie James • December 9, 2013

The Pennsylvania City of DuBois Police Department has revised a proposal to the DuBois Area School District in an effort to continue the 14-year-old School Resource Officer program.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that a high school student’s detention at a youth detention center does constitute a disciplinary suspension by school officials that requires due process under the State Education Code. School officials did nothing more than exercise their discretion under the law to report alleged criminal action by the student.

The California Court of Appeal has held that immunity from liability does not apply when a school official provides a copy of her mandatory report of suspected child abuse by mother to the suspected victims’ father. The case is Cuff v. Grossmont Union High School District.

Students and parents at a Pinellas Park, Florida high school are fighting to keep their school resource officer on the job.

Safety Law News for 12/2/13

by Bernie James • December 2, 2013

Even though a sought-after federal grant fell through, the City of Minot, North Dakota and Minot Public Schools will form a partnership to provide resource officers in the schools. Minot is the only major North Dakota that does not have officers in the schools.

A school resource officer working for Evergreen, New York Public Schools imposed a lockdown and arrested a parent, after she forced her way into the principal’s office and began making threats.

After a two-year hiatus, Paramus, New Jersey Police officials have reinstated its DARE and School Resource Officer programs.

The Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho school district is no longer considering an idea to make guns available to teachers and other staff members after district administrators overwhelmingly opposed the idea and the board of trustees divided on the proposal.

The first round of the Indiana’s school safety grants under SB1 have been awarded. Of the more than 200 schools, about half the schools opted to use the to hire school resource officers trained in both security and student counseling. Others used the grants for equipment upgrades.

Safety Law News for 11/26/13

by Bernie James • November 26, 2013

Several school districts in Erie County, New York are sharing one school resource officer in a creative plan designed to stop bullying.

The Clear Lake, Iowa Board of Education is collaborating with local police to bring dogs to campus for narcotics-detection training.

The Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is fingerprinting and photographing as many youth as possible at all Richmond County Public Schools in conjunction with school officials. The goal is to improve rescue effectiveness when a child goes missing, is abducted or runs away.

The Rising Sun, Ohio Police Department has announced a “Text-A-Tip” program to be used by the students to anonymously text in possible criminal activity, bullying and drug related information.

In Pawtucket, Rhode Island city officials cancelled their plan to take full-time police officers out of the three junior high schools after an anonymous memo caused quite a stir in the community about the safety of local campuses.

Safety Law News for 11/21/13

by Bernie James • November 21, 2013

The Logan City, Utah School District has approved a plan to cover more of the costs of resource officers in the schools. The educators announced that, “We’re still getting a really, really good deal to have those officers. It’s good for our students to know that the officers are their friends. They can go to them with issues. I think it’s a really great program all around.”

A school resource officer will be restored in New York in the Malone Central School District under an agreement with the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office. A retired officer may be hired.

Educators in Wake County, North Carolina say they are not pursuing a suggestion from Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison to create a school district police force. School officials say they’re focusing on other ways to improve school safety, including hiring more counselors to prevent incidents from happening.

Teton County, Wyoming school officials are asking the Wyoming School Boards Association to support legislation that would provide funding for school resource officers.

Bedford County, Virginia officials are asking the state legislature to approve a proposal to allow certain teachers and administrators to lawfully carry firearms as a less costly method of protecting schools.

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