The Missouri legislature voted to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of a law that would allow school districts to designate teachers or administrators to have guns in school as school safety officers. But school administrators and superintendents are refusing to allow…
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Safety Law News for 10/23/14
Rutherford County, Tennessee School Resource Officers are teaching the DRIVE Course to students in both the classroom and on the road. DRIVE stands for the Defense Response Improving Vehicle Education program. In Florida, the Lee County School District has added…
Safety Law News for 7/28/14
The Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District has approved a memorandum of understanding with city police that identifies procedures for school resource officers to respond to campus incidents. The agreement increases communication among students, families, school…
Safety Law News for 7/23/14
New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan, has taken direct action to put school resource officers in all schools in the state’s 59th Senate District. The New York budget has allocated nearly $2 million to implement a program developed by Gallivan…
Safety Law News for 7/11/14
A state legislature joint committee in Arizona approved funding for 118 school safety resource officers on campuses around the state. The School Safety Program Oversight Committee agreed to spend nearly $12 million on the program for the upcoming school year.…
Safety Law News for 6/27/14
In an opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices unanimously ruled that law enforcement officials cannot harvest the contents of a cell phone under the “search incident to arrest” exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment. Statistics…
Safety Law News for 6/24/14
Tulsa Public Schools review safety regulations due to rising number of shootings in 2014 across the U.S. The Lynchburg, Virginia City Council approved a plan to reinstate the school resource officer program in the middle schools through city, school, and…
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 5/12/14
Indiana has enacted a law that allows firearms in locked vehicles on school grounds. Beginning July 1, having a gun in a school parking lot will no longer be a felony. See Senate Enrolled Act 229. The N.C. General Assembly…
Safety Law News for 4/28/14
A school resource officer is credited in resolving an active shooter lockdown at the Jefferson County Learning Center in Alabama. Officials in Jackson County, Mississippi have reached an interagency agreement under which the school district will pay the salaries of…