- In Texas, students and faculty throughout Lake Dallas ISD held a celebration called “SRO Day” where they honored their school resource officers on their campuses.
- In North Dakota, the Bismarck City Commissioners approved a budget that includes five M-4 assault rifles for school resource officers.
- In Tennessee, all 49 Sumner County schools have implemented “LobbyGuard,” a visitor management automated system that screens each person who comes into a school. Visitors check in at a touch monitor in the front lobby. The system immediately notifies the school’s resource officer and the principal, who receive an email and a text message.
- In Michigan, Attorney General Bill Schuette is promoting the hotline and online student safety system called OK2SAY. It allows students to report potential harm or criminal activities aimed at students, teachers, staff or other school employees.