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…
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Safety Law News for 5/28/13
• School administrators in Henderson County, Kentucky reflects on the success of the Safe Schools Initiative at Henderson County Schools started in the mid-1990s. Since that time, educators have embraced working with law enforcement officials for preventive measures rather than…
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 5/20/13
• The Indiana legislature has changed its mind on a provision of Senate Bill 1 that would require schools to have an armed protection officer in the building during school hours. The new language gives schools an annual opportunity to…
Safety Law News for 5/16/13
• The Miami Tribe of Miami, Oklahoma has generously donated funding of $50,000 for a School Resource Officer’s (SRO) salary to help patrol the nine public schools in the school district. • The Indiana legislature amends its safe school proposal…
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…
Safety Law News for 4/24/13
• Farmington, New Mexico community debates policy on when parents have the right to know details of incidents that place students at risk. • The Board of Supervisors for Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania have implemented a controversial policy calling for all…
Safety Law News for 4/22/13
• More than 200 teachers from Pinellas County, Florida have expressed interest in a free class to learn about carrying a concealed weapon. • The town of Little Ferry, New Jersey, volunteered to reassign school resource officers to the school…
Safety Law News for 4/3/13
• Arizona Senate approved legislation allowing designated teachers, administrators or other employees in rural schools to carry a handgun. The policy applies only to rural schools that have 600 students or fewer, are at least 20 miles and 30 minutes…
Safety Law News for 4/1/13
• A bill that increases the role of school resource officers in Colorado schools was unanimously approved by the state Senate. • Two counties in Alabama seek to amend the Alabama constitution to create funding to pay the costs of…