Investigation: Florida school resource officers are not required to undergo juvenile-specific training
While juvenile specific training is a requirement for school resource officers in Kissimmee, it is not a statewide requirement. According to state law, school resource officers are required to get “mental health crisis intervention training”, but it does not have to be specific to juveniles. AdNew questions about school resource officers and training are now surfacing after two viral videos. But state lawmakers like Rep. Rene Plasencia do not feel school resource officers are equipped. Plasencia, a former teacher who goes by the nickname “Coach P”, saw counties struggle to find qualified school resource officers after the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Act, laws passed after the school shooting in Parkland which, in part, required a school resource officer in every state public school.
S.C. officer fired over violent school arrest
The South Carolina school resource officer who forcefully removed a student from her chair and then tossed her across the room has been fired. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca is reporting from Columbia, South Carolina, and joins CBSN by phone with more details.
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