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…
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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 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 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 7/22/13
The Columbia Board of Education has voted against a measure that would have allowed two school officials to carry guns on campus. Instead, the Board would prefer resource officers. A school resource officer will be working at every one of…
Safety Law News for 7/11/13
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released recommendations from his school-safety task force of law enforcement, educators, mental health officials, firefighters and clergy. The task force called for schools to provide detailed floor plans for law enforcement, and calls on state…
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…