In Utah, a new school safety communications platform has been created. The system is called DIR-S. It incorporates a floor plan of the school and an instant messaging platform that allows all faculty and staff in the building with a…
Tag: Arkansas
Safety Law News for May 14, 2015
In Arkansas, the Governor has sign into law HB 1583, legislation that extends the jurisdiction of a school resource officer. Now the SRO will have statewide jurisdiction when accompanying students on a school sanctioned event that takes place outside the…
Safety Law News for 8/1/14
The Dardanelle, Arkansas Board of Education terminated its school resource officer program with the Dardanelle Police Department in favor of partnering with the Yell County Sheriff’s Office for the upcoming school year. The main reason for the switch was because…
Safety Law News for 10/2/13
Police in Gainesville, Georgia, are asking the school board to accept a proposal that would allow school resource officers to store assault rifles in the schools while on duty. A school resource officer is forced to resign after incorrectly believing…
Safety Law News for 9/19/13
It appears that no South Dakota school districts will implement a new state law that allows teachers and volunteers to carry firearms in buildings. Gadsden City, Alabama Schools will have school resource officers on every campus because of a long-term…
Safety Law News for 9/5/13
The Clarksville, Arkansas school district is considering its legal options – and a possible appeal to state lawmakers — after the state’s attorney general shot down its plan to arm 20 trained high school teachers to protect students in case…
Safety Law News for 9/3/13
The Clarksville, Arkansas School District plans to arm teachers and staff with concealed guns in classrooms. The Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, issues in a legal opinion that the state board that licenses private security agencies does not have the…
Safety Law News for 3/12/13
• The Oklahoma House of Representatives approve House Bill 1062, that authorizes teachers who take a 120-hour training course to bring handguns into their classrooms. • The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that reverses a 2005 law and a policy…
Safety Law News for 10/29/12
When a Los Angeles Unified SRO was unable to break up a hallway brawl and rescue a fallen student, he released pepper spray into the crowd of about 50 students. An Illinois mother is suing her son’s school for strip…