In Texas, the Irving Police Department has joined the Dallas Police Department to placed body cameras on its school resource officers. The data from the camera footage will be stored online. In Virginia, a pilot program in Roanoke schools will…
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Safety Law News for March 29, 2016
In Minnesota, a Minnesota company has invented a handgun that folds up to look just like a smartphone. In locked position, the .380-caliber plastic pistol with a metal core can be discreetly slipped into pockets, like a real phone. In…
Safety Law News for March 1, 2016
In Virginia, the legislature is considering HB 487 that if enacted would relieve school resource officers of the duty to enforce school board rules and codes of student conduct. The House easily passed a bill 95-2. It now awaits consideration…
Safety Law News for December 21, 2015
In New Mexico, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that the arrest of a student with special needs for kicking a teacher in violation of state law prohibiting battery upon school personnel did not constitute…
Safety Law News for November 24, 2015
New York City officials reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by students who argued NYPD school resource officers used excessive and inappropriate force. The city will pay $54,000 to the four former students who brought the case. The New…
Safety Law News For October 27, 2015
In Florida, the Manatee County School District will spend almost $1.5 million for a school resource officers program. The program includes at least one SRO at each of the high schools and middle schools with shared coverage of most of…
Safety Law News For October 16, 2015
In Nevada, data released by the department of education today revealed that new school policies have increased graduation rates and reduced truancy and school discipline. However, bullying incidents were up significantly from the previous year. In Texas, schools in the…
Safety Law News for October 6, 2015
In Utah, a new school safety communications platform has been created. The system is called DIR-S. It incorporates a floor plan of the school and an instant messaging platform that allows all faculty and staff in the building with a…
Safety Law News for September 15, 2015
In Texas, students and faculty throughout Lake Dallas ISD held a celebration called “SRO Day” where they honored their school resource officers on their campuses. In North Dakota, the Bismarck City Commissioners approved a budget that includes five M-4 assault…
Safety Law News for September 1, 2015
In Tennessee, Greene County officials are looking to upgrade school security by removing security officers and replacing them with school resource officers in the schools that have the most students. The SRO’s would have to go through regular police training,…