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…
Tag: South Carolina
Safety Law News for 7/25/13
The County commissioners of Rowan County, North Carolina reject a request for school resource officers at the county’s middle schools in a “hold-the-line county budget.” Richland, South Carolina school officials believe that school resource officers need to be in all…
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 3/6/13
The South Dakota legislature sent a bill to Gov. Dennis Daugaard that would allow school boards to place armed sentinels in their public schools as a safety measure if they choose. South Carolina policymakers debate legislation that would provide the…
Safety Law News for 2/11/13
Epping, New Hampshire voters overrule local leaders and vote to reinstate the school resource officer. Its three schools have been without a resource officer for about 10 years. The Delores County Colorado school board voted to have its high school…
Safety Law News for 9/21/12
A Colorado school confiscated two rosaries from a student because it could connect him to the Sureno gang. The student body and community appear unimpressed, as they question basic facts in the situation. In one South Carolina classroom, a 10-year-old…