- Students and parents in Hackensack, New Jersey call for a financial agreement that would allow a school resource officer program to be reinstated in their school district.
- A new text messaging system was created in schools in Henry County, Virginia to give students in a quick way to connect to the Sheriff’s Office and report criminal behavior. All they have to do is text or email what they see.
- Parents packed the board room recently in DuBois, Pennsylvania, urging school officials to reverse their decision to discontinue the School Resource Officer program at the middle and high schools. The Superintendent is considering hiring six retired state police officers.
- By almost a 2-to-1 ratio, Columbus, Ohio voters want an armed police officer in their school. A new poll shows support for gun-carrying police across geographic, racial, gender and age boundaries, regardless of whether those answering have a child in Columbus schools.