The Clarksville, Arkansas school district is considering its legal options – and a possible appeal to state lawmakers — after the state’s attorney general shot down its plan to arm 20 trained high school teachers to protect students in case…
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Safety Law News for 9/3/13
The Clarksville, Arkansas School District plans to arm teachers and staff with concealed guns in classrooms. The Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, issues in a legal opinion that the state board that licenses private security agencies does not have the…
Safety Law News for 8/29/13
In an effort to deter crime and gang activity, Howard County, Maryland Police have operated this summer a mobile Community Athletic Program, staffed by school resource officers and other youth services officers. The mobile recreation center filled with sports gear,…
Safety Law News for 8/19/13
The Smyth County, Virginia Board of Supervisors accepted a state grant to help fund two more school resource officers for the public schools. One will be assigned a middle school and the other an elementary school. Dowagiac, Michigan Public Schools…
Safety Law News for 8/12/13
The Cumberland County, Tennessee Board of Education approved its 2013-’14 budget that included funding for the first year of a School Resource Officer program. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed into law a bill permitting schools in Missouri to commission local…
Safety Law News for 7/8/13
Tennessee school systems – with and without with their own resource officers – aren’t showing any interest in a new Tennessee law allowing teachers with police training to carry guns. The Maine legislature rejected a bill that would have allowed…
Safety Law News for 7/3/13
The Central Valley, New York School Board meets with area police chiefs to receive input on upcoming decision on whether or not to hire a school resource officer. The Benton, Illinois School District cannot afford to hire resource officers. As…
Safety Law News for 7/1/13
An agreement has been reached placing full-time school resource police officers in all Gurnee, Illinois schools. The “bully bucket” has been introduced in Twin Falls, Idaho schools. When a student is bullied, he or she can fill out a form…
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…