• The East Contra Costa, California school district want to keep its school resource officer program to avoid isolation and long emergency response times of at least 10 minutes. • The Ohio legislature introduces Senate Bill 74, which would allow…
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Safety Law News for 3/15/13
• Brimfield Township, Ohio school resource officers are proactively taking steps to keep students safer and calmer in an emergency by spearheading a campaign called “Go Bucket.” • Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot crossed political party lines to announce backing legislation…
Safety Law News for 3/12/13
• The Oklahoma House of Representatives approve House Bill 1062, that authorizes teachers who take a 120-hour training course to bring handguns into their classrooms. • The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that reverses a 2005 law and a policy…
Safety Law News for 3/8/13
A survey by the North Carolina School Boards Association reveals that 82.7 percent of North Carolina high schools and 74.7 percent of middle schools have a school resource officer, while only 3.6 percent of elementary schools do. Highland, New York…
Safety Law News for 3/6/13
The South Dakota legislature sent a bill to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that would allow school boards to place armed sentinels in their public schools as a safety measure if they choose. South Carolina policymakers debate legislation that would provide the…
Safety Law News for 2/25/13
• Hopkins County, Kentucky, Crime Stoppers program allows students to send a text message to school resource officers any time they feel unsafe. • Arizona Teachers Association opposes Arizona House Bill 2656 that allows teachers to carry a weapon to…
Safety Law News for 2/20/13
• Gadsden, Alabama officials seek to hire retired law enforcement officers for school resource officer positions at the city’s 13 school campuses. The City Council approved a proposal to allow the retired officers to serve. • Under HB 0860, legislation,…
Safety Law News for 2/18/13
Mental health experts come out against school resource officers in schools. Richmond, Rhode Island school officials and students openly support school resource officer. Students say they are not intimidated. Officials say SRO strikes balance between authority and compassion. Wyoming legislature…
Safety Law News for 2/15/13
Indiana’s 2013 school safety legislation is approved in Senate Committee. It provides funding for three things: (1) conduct threat assessments of school buildings, (2) purchase safety equipment and technology and (3) hire school resource officers. Washington State Senate approves the…
Safety Law News 2/13/13
After a massive public protest, Moorestown, New Jersey, officials halt the reassignment of a school resource officer. Police and township officials said privately that they were astonished at the groundswell of support for the SRO. After a middle school student…