City Council Members and activists last week announced a bill to expand the School Safety Act to require reporting on the use of handcuffs or other restraints on students, complaints involving NYPD personnel and similar police activities in the schools.
The initial School Safety Act, which was signed into law in 2011, requires reporting on suspensions and disciplinary school transfers, summonses issued to students, arrests and non-criminal incidents. Supporters of the expansion said they needed more information in order to keep track of disciplinary activity involving the Police Department.
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