- In Maryland, Montgomery County becomes one of the first jurisdictions in the state to outfit school resource officers with body cameras.
- Nationally, the video of a school resource officer pulling a female student out of her desk at Spring Valley High in Columbia, South Carolina is raising questions about the role of SROs.
- In North Carolina, New Hanover County officials entered into what is being called the “Inter-Agency Governance Agreement on the Handling of School Offenses.” The agreement brings the county’s schools, law enforcement, justice system, government and other community partners together to provide a consistent policy regarding student discipline.
- In Virginia, a chemistry lab fire that injured five students and a teacher at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax County has led to questions about the safety of the experiment that was being demonstrated in this classroom. The problem appears to be improper training, complacency, and lack of knowledge in an otherwise safe school setting.