In Connecticut, the training of school-based police in the Hartford schools emphasizes keeping a professional image at all times. The motto is, “Don’t meet with students alone. Don’t text kids or give them rides. Fist bumps, yes; hugs, no. Be a trusted adult, not a friend.
In Indiana, officials in Lawrenceburg have installed an internet-based, mobile-friendly school security camera system. The project involved the installation of 226 cameras in all schools in the Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation. The system will be a new resource for local police departments; they have access to the camera system.