Safety Law News for 3/27/13

• Brookfield, Connecticut officials have heard the outcry of families desperate to ensure that their children and educators are safe in their schools and increased the budget so the police department can train and assign officers to the high school and middle school.

• The school resource officer in Ulster County, New York, whose gun went off while at the school on March 5, has resigned from the police department.

• Shenandoah County, Virginia’s Sheriff proposes to fund the school resource officer program using asset forfeiture money.

• Horse Cave, Kentucky’s Caverna High School begins school safety program that features a 24/7 law enforcement presence.