- Educators and school resource officers in Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama schools collaborate to host 150 fifth and sixth graders from Huntsville and Madison County schools for a summer camp that teaches the students the importance of staying away from gangs, drugs and bullying.
- Educators from the Scranton, Pennsylvania and local police collaborate to host the 2013 School Resource Officer Summer Camp Program at Scranton High School. The camp offers eight days of swimming, games and team-oriented activities with police officers.
- The Franklin County, Alabama School Board voted to become one of the first school systems in the state to pursue a school safety program sponsored by the National Rifle Association.
- Massachusetts legislator, Tom Calter, has proposed a “Community Safe School Fund” law to support school safety by creating a funding formula for hiring school resource officers.
- Peoria, Arizona Unified School District officials approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Glendale that will provide school resource officers at all the high schools.
- The Paterson, New Jersey Board of Education has adopted a plan that would allow 11 retired police officers who work on the district’s security staff to resume carrying weapons in city schools after they complete a special state training program.