A Fountain County, Indiana man with some mental health issues leads Covington school officials to add two school resource officers. In Volusia County, Florida a high school student thanks school resource officer for stopping him from attacking an assistant principal.…
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Safety Law News for 10/28/13
Officials in Delaware County, Indiana have formed the new Delaware County Safe School Commission. It is made up of schools, law enforcement, fire department, EMA, EMS, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and other emergency agencies. The goal is to make…
Safety Law News for 10/15/13
The Police Commission and Board of Education for Weston, Connecticut are working on the terms of a memorandum of understanding as they move forward with their plans to hire a school resource officer (SRO). The City-School Liaison Committee of Evanston,…
Safety Law News for 4/8/13
Lake County, Florida, school resource officer in wrestles and arrests 7-foot alligator near school grounds. The Ohio legislature is considering Senate Bill 42, which will amend the existing law to allow school districts to ask for property tax levies specifically…
Safety Law News for 3/12/13
• The Oklahoma House of Representatives approve House Bill 1062, that authorizes teachers who take a 120-hour training course to bring handguns into their classrooms. • The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that reverses a 2005 law and a policy…
Safety Law News for 3/8/13
A survey by the North Carolina School Boards Association reveals that 82.7 percent of North Carolina high schools and 74.7 percent of middle schools have a school resource officer, while only 3.6 percent of elementary schools do. Highland, New York…
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 2/18/13
Mental health experts come out against school resource officers in schools. Richmond, Rhode Island school officials and students openly support school resource officer. Students say they are not intimidated. Officials say SRO strikes balance between authority and compassion. Wyoming legislature…
Safety Law News for 2/6/13
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.…
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…