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 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 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…
Safety Law News for July 29, 2016
In New York City, dozens of school resource officers were hospitalized after clashes with students in the first three months of the year, according to NYPD data. Sixty-nine suffered injuries; 40 were severe enough to require hospital visits. Out of…
Safety Law News for July 26, 2016
In Indiana, a Decatur County Community Schools official praised the impact police officers working in schools have had on students and said the presence of officers has changed the environment in positive ways. In Illinois, Kane County educators are demanding…