- Asked in a survey by the New York State School Boards Association to identify the single most effective security measure in making schools safer, 47 percent of superintendents said that a security presence in the form of school resource officers, security guards, or a stepped-up random police presence would be the most effective.
- Pocatello, Idaho High School Principal says having resource officers in the schools makes a big difference in the atmosphere and attitude of the students.
- Buckeye Firearms Foundation recently surveyed Ohio educators and discovered that at least 20 different school districts in Ohio have authorized individuals to carry firearms in schools.
- The Wisconsin Court of Appeals rules that a student’s statements to police officers during an in-school interview were admissible because he was not in custody and his statements were voluntary. It emphasized that the student was informed he was free to leave twice.