— In Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed the adjudication of a student for simple assault. The student was defying the authority of an administrator and said to the school resource officer, “F__, no. I ain’t going nowhere…
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Safety Law News for September 4th, 2020
— In Arizona, the Court of Appeals of Arizona refused to dismiss a gross negligence case arising out of an off-campus shooting in which two students were killed. Applying Arizona law that removed foreseeability from the duty framework, the court…
Safety Law News for May 22, 2020
— In Canada, the school resource officers in Guelph, Ontario are hosting interactive presentations on the Internet to the students that are isolated in their homes during the pandemic. These presentations follow the same format as presentations the SROs give…
Safety Law News March 23, 2020
• In Kentucky, the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 8, requiring all Kentucky school districts to arm their school resource officers. • In Georgia, United States Court of Appeals ruled that a school resource officer’s conduct, including placing a…
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…