• In Kentucky, the Jefferson County Board of Education will vote soon on a proposal that would eliminate the school resource officer program, replacing it with an in-house security team consisting of 48 officers. The new officers would report directly to school officials.
• In Nevada, Carson City officials have ratified an agreement between the City and the school district to expand the school resource officer program. The agreement increases from three to five the number of officers deployed at the schools.
• In Montana, the Governor recently announced a ban on vaping products, but a judge blocked that ban. Now vape shop owners are looking to extend the block. School resource officers say kids are still getting their hands on vapes. Shop owners say the ban would put them out of business.
• In New York, officials in the City of Poughkeepsie are implementing a “Safe Passage Home” program. The policy is in response to reports involving students and violence during their walks home from school. Volunteers will be posted in “hot spots” throughout the neighborhood as kids are leaving school to deter and report potential violence.