Minnesota House Approves Bill Clarifying Use Of Force Rules For School Resource Officers Following Controversy

By Caroline Cummings, Jonah Kaplan and Cole Premo, CBS Minnesota

March 5, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House with broad bipartisan support on Monday approved a bill clarifying use-of-force standards for school resource officers, a remedy to a change made last year that prompted many police departments to pull their officers from districts.

At issue was a small section of a sweeping education policy bill last year that prohibited school staff and school resource officers from using certain types of restraints and physical holds on students.

Law enforcement worried the language was ambiguous and raised concerns about the impact, so dozens of departments chose to pause their school resource officer programs awaiting further action from the legislature.

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