Tag: Georgia

Safety Law News for December 3, 2019

• In Wisconsin, school-based law enforcement officers are being trained to take immediate action to neutralize acts of school violence.  “Running toward the disturbance,” is the dominant theme of appropriate training nationwide.  This is what occurred in a recent incident…

Safety Law News for March 19, 2019

• In Georgia, the Muscogee County School Board voted unanimously to hire a School Security Police Chief to implement changes on how school security employees handle crisis situations. • In Maryland, Baltimore lawmakers killed a proposal that would have allowed…

Safety Law News for February 12, 2019

• In California, the Salinas City Elementary School District, for the third time, rejected a school resource officer program.  The 4-0 vote, with one abstention, reflects the community’s disapproval of the presence of police on their campuses.  One board member…

Safety Law News for November 8, 2018

In Wisconsin, officials in Racine sent a letter to parents and guardians to warn about the severe repercussions of directing threats about the schools on social media. The letter promises to investigate any ominous messages thoroughly and describes the range…

Safety Law News for October 16th

In Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that a student, who was called by the school principal to the principal’s office, was not in “custody” when he admitted to choking student, and thus, a police officer was not required…

Safety Law News for August 24, 2018

In Georgia,  the Georgia Supreme Court held that Miranda warnings were not required when a juvenile, questioned in the principal’s office in front of the administrator, police, and a parent, admitted that he assaulted another student.  The court reasoned that…

Safety Law News August 9, 2018

In Ohio, officials in the Lima City Schools announced Wednesday the implementation of a K-9 program during the upcoming school year.  The dogs will be used to find narcotics and gunpowder in the schools and they’ll also act as therapy…

Safety Law News for July 2, 2018

In Florida, school resource officers from Lake and Sumter counties are receiving training from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and LifeStream Behavioral Center on how to deal with people with a variety of mental health issues.  The training is based…

Safety Law News for May 8, 2018

In New York, the mayor and the police chief of the City of Syracuse say sworn school resource officers will stay in Syracuse schools.  The announcement came in response to a request from the city’s police union to remove the…

Safety Law News for January 19, 2018

In Illinois, the Illinois Court of Appeals upheld the power of the juvenile court to expand conditions of probation for an adjudicated delinquent minor to include the removal of any references to gangs, guns, or drugs on the minor’s social…