A staffing shortage of 18 officers at the Fargo, North Dakota Police Department means school resource officers are going to be pulled out of schools and placed back into squad cars. The Police Department and Fargo Public Schools are collaborating…
Tag: Connecticut
Safety Law News for 6/13/14
Middletown, Connecticut officials from the school district and the police department have signed a “Right Response” agreement that looks to allow for better discretion from administrators and school resource officers on how to handle behavioral problems. Five sheriff’s deputies will…
Safety Law News for 3/31/14
A school resource officer in Jonesboro, Georgia discovers a loaded handgun while assisting educators in enforcing the code of conduct. The chief of police says simply, “Officer did what he was trained to do.” U.S. Department of Justice complaint brought…
Safety Law News for 3/24/14
An improved relationship between Oak Ridge, Tennessee police and school officials as well as the hiring of a veteran officer as the second SRO in the high school were credited with helping decrease incidents on campus. Students in Middletown, Connecticut…
Safety Law News for 12/19/13
Asked in a survey by the New York State School Boards Association to identify the single most effective security measure in making schools safer, 47 percent of superintendents said that a security presence in the form of school resource officers,…
Safety Law News for 10/28/13
Officials in Delaware County, Indiana have formed the new Delaware County Safe School Commission. It is made up of schools, law enforcement, fire department, EMA, EMS, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and other emergency agencies. The goal is to make…
Safety Law News for 10/18/13
A growing number of schools are opting out of the implementation of Texas law HB 1009 that authorizes school districts to designate a trained staff member to act as a school marshal, authorized to carry a concealed handgun to respond…
Safety Law News for 10/15/13
The Police Commission and Board of Education for Weston, Connecticut are working on the terms of a memorandum of understanding as they move forward with their plans to hire a school resource officer (SRO). The City-School Liaison Committee of Evanston,…
Safety Law News for 9/30/13
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has released its 2013 report on safe schools written by the DPS Center for Safer Schools. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed an Executive Order to create the Safer Schools Task Force. The…