In Iowa, the Iowa City Community School District School Board wants more input from people before putting forth a security plan that includes the deployment of school resource officers on campuses. A letter from all the district’s high school and middle school principals is asking the board to implement such a plan.
In Arizona, the school board for the Tucson Unified schools unanimously approved a policy that will provide Tasers and body cameras to school resource officers. The policy prohibits using Tasers on anyone under 18, unless deadly force by an officer was already justified.
In Connecticut, Stamford police undercover investigations on sales of vaping products to school-aged kids resulted in three violating stores being assessed fines. The investigations are the result of meetings with administrators and teachers who told police that too many kids are using vapes. The sting operations have also be successful in Suffolk County, New York.
In Tennessee, officials in the Kingsport City Schools are launching an anonymous reporting tool called “P3 Campus.” The application facilitates anonymous reports on cyberbullying, drugs, harassment, and suicide to school administrators and school resource officers.