• In North Carolina, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a student was properly adjudicated for disorderly conduct after throwing a chair toward another student in the school’s cafeteria, running away, refusing to cooperate with the school resource officer,…
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Safety Law News for May 24, 2019
• In Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that the search of a student’s cell phone without a warrant by school officials did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The lower court held that, “a…
Safety Law News for March 26, 2019
• In Mississippi, the legislature and governor enacted House Bill 1283. The new law expands funding for the Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools program. This program implements the recommendation of the Governor’s task force that every school have…
Safety Law News for March 8, 2019
• In Washington State, the Senate passed Senate Bill 5141, a bill regulating the training and role of school-based law enforcement. The bill adopts the community-oriented policing model, limits intervention to crimes not school discipline, creates a data collection and…
Safety Law News for February 26, 2019
• In North Carolina, the Boilings Springs Police Department is replacing the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office in the school resource officer program. School officials said that having local officers on campus, familiar with the community, was making a real difference.…
Safety Law News for November 1, 2018
In North Carolina, officials at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced that it would require around $688 million more in state funding to hire enough additional nurses, social workers, counselors, psychologists and school resource officers to reach nationally…
Safety Law News for September 7, 2018
In Massachusetts, a model memorandum of understanding governing the role of school resource officers in Massachusetts schools was released by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and…
Safety Law News for August 7, 2018
In Ohio, House Bill 318 has become law. The new law defines and codify the role and requirements of school resource officers in Ohio. The law requires at least forty hours of school resource officer training by either NASRO (National…
Safety Law News for May 31, 2018
In Florida, the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District held that a judge abused his discretion when it granted a student’s motion to dismiss an on-campus marijuana possession violation based upon judge’s perspective of the most suitable way…
Safety Law News for May 22, 2018
In Colorado, officials in the Denver Public Schools are exploring a new policy of creating an in-house school district police department. Under the plan, the goal is to select and train armed police officers with power to arrest students, but…