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Safety Law News for 3/12/13

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• The Oklahoma House of Representatives approve House Bill 1062, that authorizes teachers who take a 120-hour training course to bring handguns into their classrooms.

• The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that reverses a 2005 law and a policy by the State Board of Education that banned the practice of school resource officers and security personnel having guns on campus.

• Tampa, Florida alternative school student chokes school resource officer, tries to flee campus.

• An Arkansas House of Representatives committee rejected a proposal that would allow school employees to carry guns in schools after completing an active shooter training course.

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Safety Law News for 3/8/13

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  •  Highland, New York school resource officer suspended during investigation of an accidental discharge of his gun in the hallway of Highland High School during the school day.
  • Knox County, Tennessee schools are asking the County Commission for an extra $1.9 million in next year’s budget to being hiring, training, and equipping an additional 58 school resource officers so they will be ready for the beginning of next school year.
  • Sullivan County, Tennessee schools safety task force declares that behavioral assessments and positive influences on school culture are as important as building security and school resource officers.
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Safety Law News for 3/6/13

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  • South Carolina policymakers debate legislation that would provide the funding to hire school resource officers for every elementary school in the state at a cost of $80 million.
  • The Washington State Senate passed Senate Bill 5618 that, if enacted, would give a police officer serving as a school resource officer the right to search a student based on mere reasonable suspicion rather than probable cause.  The legislation is intended to overrule a 2012 decision by the Washington Court Supreme Court (State v. Meneese, 174 Wn.2d 937, 282 P.3d 83) that rejected the school search exception to the warrant requirement for school resource officers.
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Safety Law News for 2/25/13

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• Hopkins County, Kentucky, Crime Stoppers program allows students to send a text message to school resource officers any time they feel unsafe.

• Arizona Teachers Association opposes Arizona House Bill 2656 that allows teachers to carry a weapon to class.  Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne supports the bill.

• Kentucky legislature considers House Bill 135 that requires schools to adopt a comprehensive emergency plan and encourages local chiefs of police and sheriffs to receive more school and student safety training.

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Safety Law News for 2/20/13

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• Gadsden, Alabama officials seek to hire retired law enforcement officers for school resource officer positions at the city’s 13 school campuses.  The City Council approved a proposal to allow the retired officers to serve.

• Under HB  0860, legislation, proposed by Tennessee officials, public school students would be able to fight back in defense of themselves and others without punishment.  It is called the “The Student Self-Defense “ bill.

• North Carolina Superintendent says his request for more school resource officers is not ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to the Newtown shootings.

•  Interagency agreement between the Denver Police Department and Denver Public Schools requires school resource officers to implement “restorative justice” techniques.   SROs will write fewer citations and arrest only when absolutely necessary.

 

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Safety Law News for 2/18/13

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  • Richmond, Rhode Island school officials and students openly support school resource officer.  Students say they are not intimidated. Officials say SRO strikes balance between authority and compassion.
  • Wyoming legislature state Senate committee endorses school safety legislation that allocates $2.3 million to help districts hire police officers and creates a task force to develop uniform school safety and security plans.