Tag: School Resource Officers: Page 19

Training
N.Y. Cop Resigns Over Accidental Discharge at High School
The veteran Lloyd (N.Y.) Police officer who accidentally fired his service weapon in a high school hallway has resigned after an internal investigation faulted him for the incident.
March 17, 2013
Training
SRO Program Suspended After Accidental Discharge at High School
A New York school district suspended its resource officer (SRO) program Tuesday, after an officer's gun accidentally discharged in a high school hallway.
March 6, 2013
Patrol
Ga. SRO Disarms Suspect in Middle School Shooting
An off-duty Georgia police officer working as a school resource officer disarmed and detained a student who is suspected of shooting a 14-year-old classmate in the head.
January 30, 2013
Patrol
Fla. Mom Pays for Deputy at Child's School
Laura Lauria has paid the Flagler County School District upfront for the cost of a deputy to staff Old Kings Elementary for about two months starting Jan. 14. The mother made a "verbal commitment" to pay for the deputy for the rest of the year after that, Superintendent Janet Valentine told the news outlet.
January 21, 2013
Patrol
S.C. SRO Saves Student After Asthma Attack
Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff Leon Lott recognized Dent Middle School Resource Officer (SRO) Donna Tucker on Wednesday for her quick actions that helped save a student's life.
January 20, 2013
Patrol
Obama Proposes $150M for SROs in Schools
President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to reduce gun violence on Wednesday. Although much of it focused on closing background check loopholes and banning "military-style assault weapons" and high-capacity magazines, there were several points specific to school security.
January 16, 2013
Training
Ind. Legislators Want More SROs in Schools
The legislation, filed by Sen. Pete Miller (R-Ind.), would set aside $10 million for the Indiana Safe School Fund that could be leveraged by local school corporations to hire trained law enforcement officers as school resource officers (SROs).
January 8, 2013
Training
Tenn. Sheriff Gets $2M To Hire Deputies
The Shelby County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office will get $2 million to hire new deputies as it takes over the responsibilities of 25 school resource officers when Memphis City Schools merges with Shelby County Schools in 2013.
December 4, 2012
Weapons
Lawsuit: N.M. Cop TASERed Boy at Career Day
A New Mexico officer TASERed a 10-year-old-boy after he refused to wash his patrol car at a school career fair, claims a lawsuit from the boy's legal guardian.
October 31, 2012
Patrol
Speedo-Wearing Utah Officer Reinstated
A Provo City school resource officer terminated for stripping down to a green Speedo at a school birthday party has been reinstated and will now be wearing a holster and a gun around his waist instead.
June 21, 2012
Patrol
SRO Appeals Firing for Flashing Speedo
A school resource officer with the Provo (Utah) Police Department has appealed his department's decision to fire him for flashing a green speedo and dancing suggestively at a school secretary's birthday party.
June 5, 2012
Patrol
District Votes to Keep Immigration Officers Off Campuses
The board of the Roaring Fork School District in Carbondale, Colo., voted this month to ask local police departments not to assign to its schools officers who participate in federal immigration enforcement activities.
March 22, 2012
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