- In Florida, local educators and Apopka Police Department are presenting a new elementary school program to help students make positive decisions. It’s called MAGIC – an acronym for Mentoring, Advising, Guiding and Instructing Children.
- In South Carolina, Charleston County School Board members call for metal detectors after 3 students bring guns to school.
- In Washington State, school resource officers have asked Spokane Public Schools to train and arm them with guns. The officers are school employees and are considered limited-commission officers who can arrest and investigate crimes both on and off school property.
- In New Mexico, the Las Cruces School District has created a new public safety department that has 30 security guards working in the schools.
- In New Hampshire, officials in Manchester are battling the opioid crisis, and school resource officers are on the front lines, helping students deal with the challenges they face every day.
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