In Arkansas, officials in the Little Rock School District have made the decision to pull all officers from its elementary schools. In its place is a new mobile security system that allows officers to drive to multiple schools to do…
Tag: Nebraska
Safety Law News for October 20, 2016
In Delaware, the Senate Public Safety Committee on School Safety released a report that cites an explosion of gang violence and cyberbullying and recommends a ban on cell phones and an increase in school resource officers in all school districts.…
Safety Law News for January 19, 2016
In Nebraska, school resource officers are participating in Washington County’s juvenile diversion program. The program is designed to address recidivism and substance abuse among nonviolent juveniles. Once they complete the program, participants will have a felony conviction dismissed. In Maryland,…
Safety Law News for December 16, 2015
In Nebraska, the Lincoln Police Department will begin to include de-escalation tactics into its defensive and control tactics training. It is part of an assessment into how officers diffuse tense situations. When an officer does use force, a report must…
Safety Law News for 9/26/14
In Omaha, Nebraska, associate school resource officers are part-time employees who are retired from the police force. They work as sworn officers in public schools, but now they’re seeing their hours slashed because of provisions of the federal Affordable Health…
Safety Law News for 2/20/14
Nearly 4-million dollars has been awarded to 81 Pennsylvania schools and municipalities for the placement of school resource officers and police officers in schools. The introduction in the Arizona legislature of House Bill 2412, which would legalize armed teachers in…
Safety Law News for 6/24/13
A smartphone app for sending photos that disappear within seconds is causing concern for educators and school resource officers who work in schools. Butler County, Ohio Sheriff declares that he “won’t support a school levy again that doesn’t address school…
Safety Law News for 8/20/12
• Nebraska Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows Nebraska high school students are engaging is less risky behavior. • New York parents of filed a federal lawsuit against a school district, alleging educators did not take adequate steps to protect their…
Safety Law News for 7/24/12
After two student suicides, Florida educators say that they stop bullying in its earliest stages, while families suggest that the schools are actually rife with peer-on-peer harassment. A 17-year-old student says in a formal letter that the day before canine drug…