In North Carolina, two Charlotte Mecklenburg schools that had School Resource Officers (SRO’s) last year will not have them this year. Those officers will be transferred to schools that are more troubled. School resource officers in Henry County, Tennessee…
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Safety Law News for 8/14/14
Students in Jackson County, Alabama return to classes without a School Resource Officer Program. Officials are working hard to bring deputies back to the schools after grant funds dried up and the money ran out. The Santa Maria, California Police…
Safety Law News for 8/7/14
Huntsville, Alabama police are implementing a “Zero Tolerance” policy for enforcing traffic laws in both public and private school zones, especially at the beginning and ending of the school day. The State of Florida allocates safe school funds by looking…
Safety Law News for 8/1/14
The Dardanelle, Arkansas Board of Education terminated its school resource officer program with the Dardanelle Police Department in favor of partnering with the Yell County Sheriff’s Office for the upcoming school year. The main reason for the switch was because…
Safety Law News for 7/23/14
New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan, has taken direct action to put school resource officers in all schools in the state’s 59th Senate District. The New York budget has allocated nearly $2 million to implement a program developed by Gallivan…
Safety Law News for 7/18/14
Champaign, Illinois announces its “proven track record” of keeping schools safe — with the statistics to prove it. The school superintendent is convinced and therefore, will recommend that the school board renew the SRO program. In Marshfield, Massachusetts, a citizens…
Safety Law News for 7/11/14
A state legislature joint committee in Arizona approved funding for 118 school safety resource officers on campuses around the state. The School Safety Program Oversight Committee agreed to spend nearly $12 million on the program for the upcoming school year.…
Safety Law News for 7/2/14
Colorado officials report that marijuana is a significantly growing problem in schools, accounting for 32 percent of all expulsions. The Jackson-Madison County, Tennessee school system will have a full complement of resource officers next school year thanks to an agreement…
Safety Law News for 6/27/14
In an opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices unanimously ruled that law enforcement officials cannot harvest the contents of a cell phone under the “search incident to arrest” exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment. Statistics…
Safety Law News for 6/24/14
Tulsa Public Schools review safety regulations due to rising number of shootings in 2014 across the U.S. The Lynchburg, Virginia City Council approved a plan to reinstate the school resource officer program in the middle schools through city, school, and…