• In Wisconsin, school-based law enforcement officers are being trained to take immediate action to neutralize acts of school violence. “Running toward the disturbance,” is the dominant theme of appropriate training nationwide. This is what occurred in a recent incident at Waukesha South High School, preventing the student shooter from harming others.
• In Arizona, officials in Mesa are proposing a law that will place restrictions on vaping in public places. Similar laws are already in place in the cities of Tempe, Tucson and Flagstaff. The superintendents of the school districts serving Mesa are in favor of the law to help them fight the vaping epidemic among teenagers.
• In Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a school resource officer did not use excessive force when breaking up a fight between students. The court noted that the rules on excessive force “depend very much on the facts of each case.” In this case, the court ruled that placing a student in a choke hold and carrying her to the office while the student was “squirming, wiggling, twisting, and turning to get away,” did not fall on the unconstitutional side of the line. (Hines v. Jefferson)
• In Virginia, officials in Clarke County’s four public schools are making available naloxone at each of Clarke County’s four public schools in case a student or visitor ever needs it.