Juvenile justice officials offer guidelines for when school officers should act

SALT LAKE CITY— Juvenile justice officials are working to clarify when and where school resource officers are supposed to step in and enforce law.During a Tuesday meeting of the Legislature's Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, members of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and the Division of Juvenile Justice Services described uncertainty among education officials on school resource officers' roles. Since the passage of HB239 earlier this year,