MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Due to lack of officers, Moorhead Police Department is withdrawing all school resource officers from Moorhead Public Schools. That’s for at least the first half of the academic year. Moorhead Public Schools each have stationed a school resource officer within their building, but due to staffing shortages those titles have been stripped. “Going back to 2014…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — School Resource Officers will return to public schools in Moorhead on Friday. The Moorhead Police Department received clarification of a new state law after pulling officers from its schools in August. The clarity from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office reduces liability risk for officers. During this off time, SROs were temporarily assigned to the dayshift, where…
ANOKA, Minn. – Leading law enforcement organizations have launched a petition drive as they continue pushing Gov. Tim Walz to call a special session to fix what they call an unclear new state law on when school-based officers can use certain restraint holds on students. House Speaker Melissa Hortman, in a letter to city officials in the Anoka-Hennepin School District…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Parents are looking for more clarification on a new state law as Moorhead Police pull school resource officers from all public schools. Legal counsel has interpreted that a section of the education bill may prohibit any physical contact from an SRO that “controls” a student. SROs could face civil and criminal penalties for violating the law….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police Department is launching a second School Resource Officer and comfort dog team. This is K-9 Labby. The 9-month-old Goldendoodle will work with her handler SRO Dora Roll. Labby is a trained comfort dog and will achieve certification in the coming months. She was made possible through a generous donation from Labby’s Grill…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With school starting this week a growing concern among parents has them questioning if schools are taking proper steps to ensure their child’s safety. Fargo Police are looking for a masked person who taped a large poster saying “better dead than red,” near the entrance of Fargo School District Headquarters early Sunday. Fargo Public Schools called…
CASS COUNTY, ND — In wake of the recent tragedy in Parkland, Florida, school resource officers have been tasked to protect their schools. “The number one thing that is our safety asset in our schools anywhere is eliminating denial, making sure that we never take the attitude that something cannot happen here because we live in safe North Dakota,” said Deputy…
