• Fremont County, Colorado educators and law enforcement collaborated to create the Cañon City Junior Law Enforcement Academy. The Cañon City Police Department and School District held the one-week program for 13- 17-year-olds who might have an interest in going into a law enforcement career.
• Private insurance companies that insure all Kansas school districts have refused to renew coverage for schools that permit teachers and custodians to carry concealed firearms on their campuses under the new Kansas law, which took effect July 1.
• The Allegany County Board of Education voted on Tuesday to approve the School Safety and Security Committee’s recommendation to hire a combination of retired officers and school resource officers to provide additional school security.
• The Leflore County, Mississippi School Board has created a campus police department for the district’s six schools.
• The Burlington, North Carolina Police Department, North Carolina Justice Academy, and the Alamance-Burlington School System collaborate in offering the Junior Police Academy to 31 rising seventh-grade and eighth-grade students who are recommended by the educators.
• The Dickson County, Tennessee Mayor has asked the county commission to shelve a portion of the county’s building maintenance plan for a year in order to provide $500,000 for schools security.