— In Arizona, the Court of Appeals of Arizona refused to dismiss a gross negligence case arising out of an off-campus shooting in which two students were killed. Applying Arizona law that removed foreseeability from the duty framework, the court held that “a school unquestionably has a duty to address situations of which school officials become aware in dealing with students.” The court held that in the context of the shooter’s known history of violence a jury could conclude that educators should have taken some action to protect the threatened student. [Dinsmoor v. City of Phoenix]
— In New York, the Plattsburgh City Council is in a dispute with the Plattsburgh City School District over the school resource officers program. The Council unanimously voted to not renew the SRO contracts, but school officials pay 100% of the program costs and wish to continue using the officers to patrol the schools.
— In Massachusetts, the Everett Teachers Association (ETA) issued a statement in support of the use of school resource officers in their schools – thus breaking away from opposite positions made public by the American Federation of Teachers and the Boston Teachers Union.
— In Georgia, officers from the Troup County Sheriff’s Office who are assigned to the schools will begin wearing body-worn cameras. The Sheriff issued a statement that, “[i]n this day and age of law enforcement transparency, I believe the issuing of these body cams to my SRO’s will be an asset to not only my agency but also the Troup County School System with whom we have a great partnership with.”