The Jasper County, South Carolina Board of Education filed a lawsuit Monday against the County Council and county auditor to try to restore funding to the school district’s budget and avoid eliminating the school-resource officers program. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett…
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Safety Law News for 7/22/13
The Columbia Board of Education has voted against a measure that would have allowed two school officials to carry guns on campus. Instead, the Board would prefer resource officers. A school resource officer will be working at every one of…
Safety Law News for 7/11/13
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released recommendations from his school-safety task force of law enforcement, educators, mental health officials, firefighters and clergy. The task force called for schools to provide detailed floor plans for law enforcement, and calls on state…
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 4/8/13
Lake County, Florida, school resource officer in wrestles and arrests 7-foot alligator near school grounds. The Ohio legislature is considering Senate Bill 42, which will amend the existing law to allow school districts to ask for property tax levies specifically…
Safety Law News for 4/1/13
• A bill that increases the role of school resource officers in Colorado schools was unanimously approved by the state Senate. • Two counties in Alabama seek to amend the Alabama constitution to create funding to pay the costs of…
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 3/15/13
• Brimfield Township, Ohio school resource officers are proactively taking steps to keep students safer and calmer in an emergency by spearheading a campaign called “Go Bucket.” • Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot crossed political party lines to announce backing legislation…
Safety Law News 2/13/13
After a massive public protest, Moorestown, New Jersey, officials halt the reassignment of a school resource officer. Police and township officials said privately that they were astonished at the groundswell of support for the SRO. After a middle school student…
Safety Law News for 11/15/12
A Memphis high school newspaper describes a gang awareness assembly that resonated with students, despite their initial apathy toward the speaker. A high school principal in Massachusetts, who is often asked how parents should be involved in their children’s lives,…