Since Jan. 1, there have been at least 48 incidents nationwide in which guns have been discovered on students, in their bags, or in their lockers. That works out to more than two gun reports a day this school year.…
Tag: SRO
Safety Law News for 2/4/13
• Milford, CT Mayor favors the SRO model “where the police officers set an example for the students and they act as more of a counselor,” and pledges to provide school resource officers to schools. • Woodstock, VA school resource…
Safety Law News for 1/30/13
7,000 Michigan children complete the Attorney General’s Michigan Cyber Safety Initiative (CSI), a free Internet safety program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Policymakers examine how the design of a school can play a role in school safety. Connecticut…
Safety Law News for 1/28/13
• Four Tennessee counties rush to add school resource officers to elementary schools. • Idaho school district begin installing gun safes inside each of the high schools and middle schools. School resource officers would keep semi-automatic rifles inside the safes…
Safety Law News for 1/25/13
• Going against a recommendation by schools Superintendent, a Maryland Board of Education votes to use state funding to pay for school security personnel and equipment, along with mental health services. • Tennessee teachers Union does not want teachers armed…
Safety Law News for 1/22/13
• Parents in Minnesota meet to discuss how to get the School District to consider upgrades to security in the public schools. • Pennsylvania legislature introduces School Resource Officer Bill 196, which calls for funding for school resource officers in…
Safety Law News for 1/16/13
• The Lafayette, Louisiana school system and Police Department have made adjustments to the use of school resource officers following the rape of a student on campus. • Local New Hampshire citizens prepare to vote to bring back school resource…
Safety Law News for 1/14/13
• Mississippi Lt. Governor is asking lawmakers to OK $7.5 million to create a grant program to increase the number of law enforcement officers in public schools across the state. • The Indiana Attorney General is putting his support behind…
Safety Law News for 12/17/12
• Drug detection dogs that have routinely been used in Michigan high schools are being brought into middle schools by administrators who say they want to send a message to the younger students. • District of Columbia schools are being…
Safety Law News for 12/12/12
Colorado city changes its mind and reinstitutes SRO programs to improve school safety. Swift action taken by a Maryland high school student, a teacher and School Resource Officer prevent two adults from committing robbery on campus. CASAColumbia’s 2012 teen survey reveals…