The Fort Wayne, Indiana Police chief wants to expand the school resource officer program into the middle schools in response to rising gang activity in the city. The Charles County, Maryland School Crime Solvers program has been enormously successful. Since…
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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 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 3/20/13
• 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…
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 for 2/8/13
An adult trespasser was apprehended inside a Maryland high school by the school resource officer. His home contained a stash of high-powered weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an Uzi carbine at home. Indiana Attorney General, Greg Zoeller promotes…
Safety Law News for 1/14/13
• Mississippi Lt. Governor is asking lawmakers to OK $7.5 million to create a grant program to increase the number of law enforcement officers in public schools across the state. • The Indiana Attorney General is putting his support behind…
Safety Law News for 8/24/12
• Illinois school board votes to clarify code of conduct for athletics and extra-curriculars for off-campus behavior. • Indiana school district experiments with new, more progressive tardy policy • California high school to implement a character-education program to help students…
Safety Law News for 7/20/12
Still illegal: marijuana incidents hold about steady in Indiana, but SROs and judges say that families are more accepting of the drug—and that marijuana abuse is increasingly an intergenerational affair. Early introduction: middle school students chose a name for Jaxx…