• Gadsden, Alabama officials seek to hire retired law enforcement officers for school resource officer positions at the city’s 13 school campuses. The City Council approved a proposal to allow the retired officers to serve.
• Under HB 0860, legislation, proposed by Tennessee officials, public school students would be able to fight back in defense of themselves and others without punishment. It is called the “The Student Self-Defense “ bill.
• North Carolina Superintendent says his request for more school resource officers is not ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to the Newtown shootings.
• Interagency agreement between the Denver Police Department and Denver Public Schools requires school resource officers to implement “restorative justice” techniques. SROs will write fewer citations and arrest only when absolutely necessary.