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July 17, 2008 WASHINGTON D.C. GUN REGISTRATION - A VALUABLE LESSON. When the Supreme Court overturned D.C.’s long-time
ban on hand guns, a registration law was quickly put in place. The law provides that anyone possessing a gun in D.C. without
registering the weapon would be in violation. One eager-to-embarrass citizen showed up at the police station without his gun
and was told he couldn’t register it without displaying it. He noted to the officer, the news media and others that the new law
encouraged crime by forcing citizens to carry unregistered weapons from their homes to the police station. Seems that District,
in a lesson important to all who draft regulations, forgot to provide a delay in the effective date of the penal portion of the rule.
July 16, 2008 NASSLEO CONFERENCE CONFERENCE SUCCESSES - - - - NEW ORLEANS TO HOST 2009 CONFERENCE
The National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers announced at the close of its 2008 Conference in Philadelphia
that the 2009 conference would be in New Orleans, LA. The probable dates, subject to change, are June 21 – 24. New President of
of the group is Michael Harrington, Chief of School Police in Jacksonville, FL. Chief Harrington will serve for two years. Peter
Pochowski, former Chief of Security in Milwaukee schools, was confirmed as Executive Director and Official Spokesman for NASSLEO.
May 2, 2008 JUDGE RULES TASER COULD NOT CAUSE DEATH
updated 5/23In yet another situation in which a man under the influence of drugs was tasered by officers trying to subdue him,
an Ohio lower court judge overrode a medical examiner who ruled that the death could have been caused by the use of
the taser. The police officers who tasered the man had been told they could be charged with his homicide. A special prosecutor
has been appointed to recommend whether to appeal the judge's ruling.
LAW ADVISORY’S POSITION: is that although there is overwhelming evidence that the Taser is not lethal, the device should
only be used in schools as an alternative to the use of deadly force as opposed to a means of bringing an out of control student into
compliance with lawful orders. The legalities are very unsettled with regard to fourth amendment search and seizure questions
and in school there are likely to be fifth amendment due process questions as well. Those concepts, coupled with the political
ramifications of tasing students, should be given careful consideration by any officer and the administrators who make policy.
May 1, 2008 DESIGNER
WEAPONS LOOK LIKE TOYS
Several gun manufacturers have begun to produce weapons in designer colors. One advertises to women
who have been issued concealed carry permits, touting the ability to locate the gun quickly due to the visibility
of the weapon in a purse. See some of them by clicking here.
APRIL 30, 2008 SHOOTING ON FAU CAMPUS; VIRGINIA-TECH-TYPE TECHNOLOGY WORKS BUT INDICATES DEFICIENCIES
IN PROCEDURE
Students hosting a late-night party in campus housing at Florida Atlantic Univ. attended by non-students and students from
other nearby institutions were shocked when two men, neither of whom was a Florida Atlantic got into an argument
that culminated with one man pulling a handgun and firing two shots at the other, both of which missed their mark. Campus
police were notified and within 15 minutes a campus wide lockdown ensued, with sirens and text messages. Loud speakers
on the campus are programmed to make automated announcements on some situations such as weather, but the nature
of the incident made it necessary for a human to do it in this case. Students complained that the volume and tone of the voice of
the individual involved made it difficult for them to understand what they were being told. Surveillance cameras allowed the
perpetrator to be identified and later captured at another south Florida institution where he was a student.
FEBRUARY, 2008 LAW ADVISORY DEVELOPS STANDARDS TO ALLOW FREE
INFORMATION EXCHANGE REGARDING
STUDENTS
WHO ARE OR MAY BE THREATS TO SAFETY
The U.S. Department of Education has changed its interpretation of the law regarding confidentiality as to
student information, even seeming to prevent schools from asking for law enforcement assistance. Law
Advisory research has prepared a white paper on the subject which may be invaluable in talking to parents
but which, in a larger sense, explains information exchange procedures, including policies and forms for schools
and police. To get your copy, e-mail to lagroup@aol.com.