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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.

Safety Law News for 11/15/13

by Bernie James • November 15, 2013

Students and parents in Hackensack, New Jersey call for a financial agreement that would allow a school resource officer program to be reinstated in their school district.

A new text messaging system was created in schools in Henry County, Virginia to give students in a quick way to connect to the Sheriff’s Office and report criminal behavior. All they have to do is text or email what they see.

Parents packed the board room recently in DuBois, Pennsylvania, urging school officials to reverse their decision to discontinue the School Resource Officer program at the middle and high schools. The Superintendent is considering hiring six retired state police officers.

By almost a 2-to-1 ratio, Columbus, Ohio voters want an armed police officer in their school. A new poll shows support for gun-carrying police across geographic, racial, gender and age boundaries, regardless of whether those answering have a child in Columbus schools.

Safety Law News for 11/11/13

by Bernie James • November 11, 2013

The Colleton County, South Carolina Board of Education voted Tuesday to reinstate full funding to the school district’s crew of student resource officers (SRO’s), which it jointly funds with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office. Budget limitations led to reductions in the school safety program.

After the passage of passage of Act 70, the Pennsylvania Department of Education is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 school safety grants. $8.5 million in the state budget has been allocated for school safety initiatives by all public and private schools in the state.

The FBI Citizens Academy is teaming up with school resource officers in Harrison County, West Virginia to educate teachers, parents and students in anti-bullying.

School resource officers in Santa Clara County, California host a meeting at the Quinlan Community Center Oct. 15 to educate parents on phone and Internet safety, sharing tips on monitoring social media websites, cell phone usage and preventing cyber-bullying and sexting.

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