In Missouri, school officials and police in St. Joseph attribute the significant decline in crime referrals to the presence of well-trained school resource officers. During 2015, referrals dropped by over 60 percent to nearly 449 cases. In Pennsylvania, an Allegheny…
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Safety Law News for September 15, 2016
The United States Court of Appeals ruled that school officials were liable when a teacher allowed a student to leave the classroom with an unidentified adult. The court reasoned that the risk of harm was so obvious as to rise…
Safety Law News for September 13, 2016
In Washington D.C., the Department of Education and the Department of Justice published recommendations on the use of police in schools. In New York City, school officials have confiscated far more weapons from students than they are reporting. In New…
Safety Law News for September 6, 2016
In Arizona, officials in Pima County are looking for policy solutions to the truancy epidemic. One-fifth of Tucson-area juveniles are chronically truant. In New Jersey, the Elmwood Park Board of Education is implementing a shared service plan with the Elmwood…
Safety Law News for August 30, 2016
In California, SB 1072 has been approved by the legislature and placed on the desk of the Governor. The state law would require school buses to be outfitted with an alarm system to ensure students are not forgotten on the…
Safety Law News for August 26, 2016
In Minnesota, St. Paul Public Schools agreed to a new SRO contract with the police department that will dress officers in nontraditional uniforms and require that officers meet with students and teachers on a monthly basis to help build trust…
Safety Law News for August 23, 2016
In North Carolina, the Brunswick County school board has voted unanimously to add naloxone to the schools’ emergency kits as a precautionary measure. Naloxone can reverse the effects of an overdose of opioids such as heroin or painkillers. In Georgia,…
Safety Law News for August 16, 2016
In Ohio, the Stow-Munroe Falls School District is implementing a new visitor management system. The system requires visitors to have their state or federal identification scanned. It checks the identification against a national database of registered sex offenders. It can…
Safety Law News for August 11, 2016
In South Carolina, the State Board of Education is proposing new rules that would redefine how school resource officers will interact with students. The proposed rules say an SRO should not get involved until student behavior becomes criminal. Other counties…
Safety Law News for August 4, 2016
In New Hampshire, a new drug prevention curriculum is coming to Rochester schools in an effort to teach kids at a younger age. The LEAD program (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) will replace the DARE program. In Virginia, the Attorney General…