Proposed pepper spray policy revision postponed by MSCS
A majority of students do not think safety officers should be able to use pepper spray, according to a survery given to Memphis-Shelby County Schools students and school staff. Of the staff, support was unanimous. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Under the current version of the policy, school resource officers are permitted to use “physical, mechanical and chemical measures” only when it is “necessary to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of district students, employees and visitors.”
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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