– In Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit of a parent who claimed that the school policy of conducting a canine drug search of the parking lot, where one of his daughters parked his car violated the Fourth Amendment. The court affirmed the lower court, noting that local officials did not need an, “articulable reason to call in a drug-sniffing dog if doing so does not otherwise invade a person’s legitimate interest in privacy (such that) a drug sniff that occurs in a public space does not invade a legitimate expectation of privacy.” The court agreed that law-enforcement officials “had probable cause to search the car based on the canine’s alert” and that his child “was not treated differently from other students at the school.” O’Grady v. City of Portage and O’Grady v. Garrigan
— In California, officials for the Mountain View Whisman School District and the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District have both come out strongly in support of keeping their School Resource Officer program. Mountain View police have been quietly operating in local schools for decades. A plurality of students and a majority of parents support the program.
— In California, officials for the San Jose Unified School District are bringing police back to their schools. The reversal allows each individual school to submit a request for a school resource officer during the school day and for sponsored events. The school district is implementing a memorandum of agreement with local police, containing the duties and responsibilities of the returning officers.
— In Pennsylvania, the Allentown School District received nearly $50,000 in state grants that will allow the district to upgrade equipment and teach students conflict resolution skills.