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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.
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Safety Law News for 2/15/13

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  • Indiana’s 2013 school safety legislation is approved in Senate Committee.  It provides funding for three things: (1) conduct threat assessments of school buildings, (2) purchase safety equipment and technology and (3) hire school resource officers.
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Safety Law News 2/13/13

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  • Wilson County, Tennessee School Board votes unanimously to pay for eight additional student resource officers so that all 19 of its schools would have a police presence.
  • Cleveland, Ohio school district to redesign main entrances to elementary schools to ensure optimal school security.  The remodeling projects will include a secure entrance with buzzer-locked doors.
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Safety Law News for 2/11/13

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  • Epping, New Hampshire voters overrule local leaders and vote to reinstate the school resource officer. Its three schools have been without a resource officer for about 10 years.
  •  The Delores County Colorado school board voted to have its high school principal and district superintendent double as security officers authorized to carry firearms with a pay raise of $1 apiece.
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Safety Law News for 2/8/13

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  • An adult trespasser was apprehended inside a Maryland high school by the school resource officer.  His home contained a stash of high-powered weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an Uzi carbine at home.
  •  Indiana Attorney General, Greg Zoeller promotes Senate Bill 1, which puts $10 million into a state safe schools fund, which could give districts 50 percent of the cost of school resource officer programs, capped at $50,000.
  •  Stockton, California High School student newspapers are confiscated by administrator over front page story; “Outdated safety plan leaves some wondering: exactly how safe is BC?”