Moorhead places school resource officer program on hold over new restrictions
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- With just a couple of weeks before school starts, one Minnesota school district announced Thursday it is placing its school reso...
MOORHEAD, Minn. -- With just a couple of weeks before school starts, one Minnesota school district announced Thursday it is placing its school resource officer program on hold. The City of Moorhead says it has reassigned its school resource officers back to patrol duty due to recent changes in Minnesota law that prohibit school officers from restraining and using force on students unless deemed "reasonable." "Recent changes in Minnesota law have been interpreted by legal counsel to remove the standard law enforcement authority of officers contracted by school districts or assigned to work in schools," Police Captain Deric Swenson said in a press release.