by Bernie James • • Comments Off on Safety Law News for 11/27/12
California educators are implementing random, mandatory drug tests for about 15 percent of student athletes in their school district, after suspending “an unexpectedly high number” of student athletes for drug and alcohol use.
An app for SROs: students and parents can discretely contact the SROs in Maryland. There are numerous commercial apps for purchase, according to Kevin Quinn, president of the National Association of School Resource Officers, but Maryland police spent about $600 creating their own.
Anti-drug officials in Illinois are turning to students for help. The county developed a nationwide model for combating drugs, but is still seeing deadly student overdoses. “We need help. We need partners. Young people are not going to listen to an old guy in a suit standing up here talking,” a state attorney said.