• Brookfield, Connecticut officials have heard the outcry of families desperate to ensure that their children and educators are safe in their schools and increased the budget so the police department can train and assign officers to the high school…
Tag: Virginia
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 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 1/16/13
• 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 8/17/12
• A 17-year-old Ohio high school student admits to being a drug “czar” with six lieutenants – all operating on the school campus selling pot to students. • Troy, Michigan educators’ sexting policy gives notice to students that in any…