In Virginia, the Fauquier County School Board voted unanimously to allow school security officers to carry guns. Virginia law allows school boards to hire armed civilian security guards as long as they are retired law-enforcement officers or have at least…
Tag: Indiana
Safety News for October 4th, 2018
In Illinois, a school superintendent in Hutsonville went through nine months of police academy training to become a law enforcement officer so she could carry a concealed weapon at school and respond to an active shooter if necessary — something…
Safety Law News for September 11, 2018
In Florida, the legislature has refused to allow $58 million that was allocated to train school staff to act as armed guardians to be used instead to hire more campus police officers. Most school districts in Florida made it clear…
Safety Law News for August 28, 2018
In Michigan, Midland City Council supported the special millage proposal for school safety that will appear on the Nov. 6 election ballot which would levy up to 0.4 mills — 40 cents per $1,000 of taxable value — raising $1.3…
Safety Law News for July 24, 2018
In Virginia, the Governor announced that an additional $1.3 million will be available to schools to fund more school resource officers in the state. In Indiana, the Governor announced a state program aimed at providing over 3,000 hand-held metal detectors…
Safety Law News for July 9, 2018
In Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that an assistant principal was not acting as an agent of police when he interviewed a student, and thus Miranda warnings were not required. (D.Z. v. State) In Indiana, the Indiana Supreme…
Safety Law News for June 20, 2018
In Indiana, the Zionsville Town Council passed a budget appropriation to cover the cost of adding full-time school resource officers at every campus in the district, including elementary and middle schools. In Arkansas, legislation has been introduced that would…
Safety Law News for June 14, 2018
In Indiana, the Portage Township School Board approved a new school safety plan. The plan will emphasize mental health counseling, monitoring of student electronic devices, expanding the bullying hotline, adoption of restorative justice principles, and replacing full-time police officers with…
Safety Law News for May 10, 2018
In Missouri, a non-sworn security officer in the St. Louis County schools was arrested and charged with assault for violating school district policy when he used a Taser on an unarmed middle-school student. School district policy of the Normandy Schools…
Safety Law News for March 23, 2018
In Florida, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office is shifting patrol and staffing assignments in order to increase its presence at Lee County Schools. It will designate at least 40 additional officers as SROs and shift an additional 100 officers to…