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Safety Law News for 1/28/13

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• Four Tennessee counties rush to add school resource officers to elementary schools.

• Idaho school district begin installing gun safes inside each of the high schools and middle schools. School resource officers would keep semi-automatic rifles inside the safes in case of an emergency.

• Georgia State Representative proposes legislation that would allow students to carry guns on college campuses throughout the state.

• Texas legislators introduce legislation that would prohibit the use of high-tech student badges (RFID technology) now used to track students.  The proposal would allow parents to opt out of a tracking program.

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Safety Law News for 1/25/13

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• Going against a recommendation by schools Superintendent, a Maryland Board of Education votes to use state funding to pay for school security personnel and equipment, along with mental health services.

• Tennessee teachers Union does not want teachers armed in schools and opposes legislation being considered by state legislature.

 • Florida officials consider using retired cops to provide school safety schools while saving money.

•  U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer introduced legislation to strengthen and expand the existing COPS Secure Our Schools grants program to provide schools with more resources.

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Safety Law News for 1/22/13

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• Parents in Minnesota meet to discuss how to get the School District to consider upgrades to security in the public schools.

• Pennsylvania legislature introduces School Resource Officer Bill 196, which calls for funding for school resource officers in state public schools.

• Alaska legislature considering bill that would allow teachers and other staff members to be armed with guns.

• A non-profit firearms foundation has signed up more than 600 educators from more than a dozen states to receive firearms training.

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Safety Law News for 1/16/13

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• The Lafayette, Louisiana school system and Police Department have made adjustments to the use of school resource officers following the rape of a student on campus.

• Local New Hampshire citizens prepare to vote to bring back school resource officers removed by the school board.

• Winston-Salem schools report a major reduction in student suspensions using new disciplinary program that actively involves school resource officers and school administrators.

• Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is asking lawmakers to hold off on spending more than $32 million in unappropriated money until after his new school safety task force makes its initial recommendations.

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Safety Law News for 1/14/13

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•  Mississippi Lt. Governor is asking lawmakers to OK $7.5 million to create a grant program to increase the number of law enforcement officers in public schools across the state.

•  The Indiana Attorney General is putting his support behind a recently filed bill in the State Senate that would offer state funded grants to school districts hiring resource officers.

• In the wake of last month’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, a Tennessee County Board is making plans to hire 15 new SROs at an estimated cost of $725,000 per year.

• The Virginia legislature is considering legislation that would require school divisions and law enforcement agencies to work together to put a uniformed, full-time school resource officer in every school.

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Safety Law News for 12/17/12

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•  Drug detection dogs that have routinely been used in Michigan high schools are being brought into middle schools by administrators who say they want to send a message to the younger students.

• District of Columbia schools are being asked to begin reporting campus safety data to parents.

• Virginia high school students vow to take “Rachel’s Challenge” and, through small acts of kindness, create an atmosphere of kindness and compassion inside their schools.