Safety Law News for October 12, 2016

  • In Indiana, an incident in the Bartholomew Consolidated School district is being used to illustrate why “public discussion about suicide must continue and why funding school resource officers and the naloxone kits are worth every penny.”
  • In North Carolina, the Wake County Sheriff is considering removing his school resource officers from the Wake County Public School System if a system-wide policy is not created for transgender students using restrooms and locker rooms.

Safety Law News for October 5, 2016

  • In Mississippi, school resource officers in Picayune are implementing a new program, “The Voice,” to reduce bullying by making students accountable to each other.

Safety Law News for September 26, 2016

  • In Minnesota, the St. Paul School District is inviting the public to “get to know” its school resource officers.  Interviews with the officers are posted on its website.  The goal is getting the community to understand that officers have positive interactions with students on a daily basis.
  • In Texas, the Medina Independent School District has placed a sign on its campuses  of its intention to protect its students.  “Attention,” the sign reads. “Please be aware that the staff at Medina ISD may be armed and will use whatever force is necessary to protect our students.”

Safety Law News for September 21, 2016

  • In Missouri, school officials and police in St. Joseph attribute the significant decline in crime referrals to the presence of well-trained school resource officers.  During 2015, referrals dropped by over 60 percent to nearly 449 cases.
  • In Massachusetts, the Worcester school system will begin giving drug addiction screenings to students.  Called SBIRT, short for Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, the screenings are intended to identify early warning signs of drug addiction in students, and refer those kids for additional help.

Safety Law News for September 15, 2016

Safety Law News for September 13, 2016

  • In Kansas, the Maize School District is implementing the “Run, Hide, Fight” safety policy. The procedure asks teachers to take a more assertive role in trying to survive, giving them the leeway to ignore lockdowns and run off campus with students or to unleash makeshift weapons against an intruder as a last resort.