In Nebraska, school resource officers in Omaha are receiving training on how to deal with combat-type injuries including how to pack wounds, using a tourniquet and maintaining a person’s airway. The goal is to equip officers with skills that go beyond basic CPR in the event of an active shooting incident.
In California., officials in San Benito County are receiving positive feedback on the school resource officer program. Educators, support staff, and parents are reporting that having school resource officers on campus improve overall relationships.
In Mississippi, school resource offices in the City of Petal are receiving Crisis Intervention Team training. The CIT training is helping to implement a pre-arrest diversion program for individuals that are living with mental illness. The course teaches how to safely deescalate incidents and connect individuals to treatment rather than arrest.
In Massachusetts, all school-based law enforcement officers in Springfield schools will be required to receive training by the National Association of School Resource Officers.
In Missouri, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that the handcuffing by a police officer of an out-of-control seven-year-old boy in the second grade was not an excessive use of force. The court ruled that the boy’s attempts to flee from the officer posed a safety risk to himself. And the officer did not violate the student’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and excessive force by leaving him handcuffed for 15 minutes until his father arrived. (K.W.P. v. Kansas City Public Schools)