In Georgia, the United States District Court, ruled that in the school setting, “bystander liability” for Fourth Amendment violations may be applied to school officials who witness an unreasonably long detention in a school setting. A high school administrator was…
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Safety Law News for March 9, 2020
• In Massachusetts, the Monomoy Regional School District and Harwich Police Department are looking for donations to fund the purchase and training of a K-9 to detect THC and nicotine products used by students who vape. The plan is for…
Safety Law News for November 9, 2016
In Arkansas, officials in the Little Rock School District have made the decision to pull all officers from its elementary schools. In its place is a new mobile security system that allows officers to drive to multiple schools to do…
Safety Law News for September 21, 2016
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…
Safety Law News for July 9, 2015
In Oklahoma, Governor Fallin signed State Senate Bill 262, which requires school districts in the state to provide training on workplace safety and health to students in grades 7 through 12. In Illinois, the Springfield School District approved spending $489,200…