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The children, who were all hit by a Taser or stun gun by school-based police officers, also called school resource officers, were 12 to 19 years old when the incidents occurred. They were shocked by a Taser or stun gun for mouthing off to a police officer. For trying to run from the principal’s office.
According to a press report, the jury "found that Arizona-based stun-gun manufacturer Taser International should have more effectively warned police that Taser shocks were potentially dangerous." [82] July 22, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a 17-year old aboriginal teen died after being tasered during a standoff. The teen was carrying a ...
In 2007 a number of North Carolina legislators worked to introduce legislation that would create policies for schools regarding bullying and harassment. [6] This act, known as the School Violence Prevention Act, was proposed in the General Assembly of North Carolina as House Bill 1366 in April 2007. [ 6 ]
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The most well-known of these occurred at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina, where a school cop put a teenage girl in a chokehold, flipped her over in her seat, and dragged her across the classroom — all for refusing to give up her cellphone. Police Officers In Schools Mean More Referrals To Law Enforcement
A North Carolina father was arrested Monday after allegedly storming into a high school and choking a teenage student in a caught-on-video attack.
The data suggest that for every incident of distribution, possession, or use of alcohol referred to local law enforcement from schools without regular contact with SROs, 1.76 are referred in schools with regular contact with SROs, with p < 0.001. This is after controlling for state statutes that require school officials to refer students to law ...
Police deployed tasers on 24 people in 2021, according to the Raleigh Police Department’s 2021 Professional Standards Report. Police tased 21 people in 2020 and 46 people in 2019.