The Colleton County, South Carolina Board of Education voted Tuesday to reinstate full funding to the school district’s crew of student resource officers (SRO’s), which it jointly funds with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office. Budget limitations led to reductions in…
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Safety Law News for 9/13/13
The Benton-Carroll-Salem, Ohio School District is implementing the ALICE program. The ALICE program — the acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate— is a revamped perspective on how students should react if a shooter or dangerous intruder enters their…
Safety Law News for 8/23/13
The Hazleton, Pennsylvania Board of Education reversed its previous decision to hire unarmed security guards to monitor the metal detectors and directed administrators to hire armed school resource officers for its eight elementary-middle schools. The Okaloosa County, Florida School Board…
Safety Law News for 8/20/13
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…
Safety Law News for 8/2/13
• The Steuben County, New York legislature voted unanimously to approve a plan that would put retired police officers in their public schools. have added security in their schools at a good bargain. • The Pennsylvania Legislature has compromised on…
Safety Law News 7/29/13
Educators and school resource officers in Huntsville and Madison County, Alabama schools collaborate to host 150 fifth and sixth graders from Huntsville and Madison County schools for a summer camp that teaches the students the importance of staying away from…
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 6/19/13
• Kearney, Kentucky Public Schools profile the success of the triad approach in the performance of a local school resource officer. • Two school districts in the State of Iowa – the Bondurant-Farrar School District and the Clinton School District…
Safety Law News for 5/22/13
Florida HB 1097 was approved by the House Judiciary Committee and sent to the full House for a vote to be held later this spring. The legislation authorizes teachers and other school employees to possess firearms in order to fight…
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…