A Fountain County, Indiana man with some mental health issues leads Covington school officials to add two school resource officers. In Volusia County, Florida a high school student thanks school resource officer for stopping him from attacking an assistant principal.…
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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 8/23/13
The Hazleton, Pennsylvania Board of Education reversed its previous decision to hire unarmed security guards to monitor the metal detectors and directed administrators to hire armed school resource officers for its eight elementary-middle schools. The Okaloosa County, Florida School Board…
Safety Law News for 7/22/13
The Columbia Board of Education has voted against a measure that would have allowed two school officials to carry guns on campus. Instead, the Board would prefer resource officers. A school resource officer will be working at every one of…
Safety Law News for 7/8/13
Tennessee school systems – with and without with their own resource officers – aren’t showing any interest in a new Tennessee law allowing teachers with police training to carry guns. The Maine legislature rejected a bill that would have allowed…
Safety Law News for 6/14/13
Indiana Governor Pence signed into law Senate Bill 1 that provides $20 million to schools that want to hire school resource officers. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that students must be given Miranda warnings when being interviewed by any administrator…
Safety Law News for 6/3/13
Maryland school resource officers discuss serving using the triad approach to school safety. The Kentucky Supreme Court rules that students must be given Miranda warnings – that they have right to remain silent and to have a lawyer – if…
Safety Law News for 5/22/13
Florida HB 1097 was approved by the House Judiciary Committee and sent to the full House for a vote to be held later this spring. The legislation authorizes teachers and other school employees to possess firearms in order to fight…
Safety Law News for 5/1/13
Ridgefield, Connecticut school board considers funding initiatives to improve campus security. One school board member recalls 1983 school shooting when she was a student. Emergency management experts say most schools are ill-prepared for an active shooter scenario and should examine…