- The Logan City, Utah School District has approved a plan to cover more of the costs of resource officers in the schools. The educators announced that, “We’re still getting a really, really good deal to have those officers. It’s good for our students to know that the officers are their friends. They can go to them with issues. I think it’s a really great program all around.”
- A school resource officer will be restored in New York in the Malone Central School District under an agreement with the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office. A retired officer may be hired.
- Educators in Wake County, North Carolina say they are not pursuing a suggestion from Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison to create a school district police force. School officials say they’re focusing on other ways to improve school safety, including hiring more counselors to prevent incidents from happening.
- Teton County, Wyoming school officials are asking the Wyoming School Boards Association to support legislation that would provide funding for school resource officers.
- Bedford County, Virginia officials are asking the state legislature to approve a proposal to allow certain teachers and administrators to lawfully carry firearms as a less costly method of protecting schools.