- A growing number of schools are opting out of the implementation of Texas law HB 1009 that authorizes school districts to designate a trained staff member to act as a school marshal, authorized to carry a concealed handgun to respond in emergency situations.
- In a 9-7-1 vote, the Tantasqua, Massachusetts Regional School Committee rejected a school resource officer in both the high school and junior high school based on the belief that an outside police source would cause more harm than good in the schools.
- The $15 million that Connecticut lawmakers authorized to enhance security at schools across the state after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings was not enough: More than 600 public schools applied for grants totaling $21 million.
- Phoenix will hire 15 new police officers, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Justice Department that will assign some of the new officers to local schools as part of the School Resource Officer Program.
- Modesto City Schools were awarded a $1 million grant by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The grant will fund eight new school resource officers, one for every large Modesto high school and one for the alternative school campus.