• In Ohio, the Wooster City School District is collaborating with the Wooster Police Department to place its officers on district school buses. The goal of the new policy is to provide personal, positive interactions with students and enhance the…
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Safety Law News for October 1st, 2019
• In Ohio, the United States District Court held that classroom video of a student without prior parental consent does not implicate the right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment. The court reasoned that a student’s reasonable expectation of privacy…
Safety Law News for May 8th, 2019
• In Vermont, the Supreme Court ruled that educators were not liable after a student committed suicide as a result of being assaulted by his teammates on the school football team. The court held that schools owe students a duty…
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 8, 2018
In Wisconsin, officials in Racine sent a letter to parents and guardians to warn about the severe repercussions of directing threats about the schools on social media. The letter promises to investigate any ominous messages thoroughly and describes the range…
Safety Law News for October 16th
In Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals held that a student, who was called by the school principal to the principal’s office, was not in “custody” when he admitted to choking student, and thus, a police officer was not required…
Safety Law News August 9, 2018
In Ohio, officials in the Lima City Schools announced Wednesday the implementation of a K-9 program during the upcoming school year. The dogs will be used to find narcotics and gunpowder in the schools and they’ll also act as therapy…
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 July 27, 2018
In Florida, officials with the Marion County Public Schools approved a new policy to nearly triple the number of school resource officers. The district plans to place 56 school resource officers on campus beginning this fall. That’s up from 18 officers last…
Safety Law News for June 5, 2018
In Kentucky, the Warren County Superintendent is asking the board of education to implement the recommendations of the Regional Safety Task Force. The task force recommends the expansion of the school resource officer program and mental health services and the…