ST. PAUL, Minn. – It looks like state lawmakers and law enforcement could have a compromise on clarifying a new state law on the use-of-force by resource officers in Minnesota schools.
A change that helped the bill pass a key committee in the Senate and now the House gives law enforcement “comfort language” that school resource officers won’t have different restrictions on use-of-force than any other peace officer.
New Hope Democrat Cedrick Frazier said it creates a framework that doesn’t exist now.
Lakeville Republican Jeff Witte helped broker the deal. “We worked through it and we have come to language that we’re all gonna support and get our SROs back in the schools,” Witte said.
KFGO News Capitol Correspondent Bill Werner says a vote on the house floor could come as soon as next week.
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