Washington DC February 25th, 2023 A D.C. man is facing 57 months in prison for shooting a Special Police Officer (SPO) on the campus of Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in 2022. According to a release from the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 40-year-old Lynville Porter pleaded guilty to one count of assault with […]
State College PA Jan 15 2023 Two Centre County school districts are revisiting and discussing school security after months of feedback from community members and parents. Penns Valley Area School District’s board of directors will vote Wednesday on several motions relating to starting a school police force. Penns Valley is the only district in […]
Harlan County December 29 2022 Six police officers were sworn in to serve on the Harlan County Public Schools Police Department. The officers will serve at the district’s schools and are dedicated to protecting students, faculty and staff. Those officers have 100 years of law enforcement experience combined. ”It’s a great feeling, […]
Brazil Indiana December 26, 2022 The Clay Community School Corp. is establishing its own police department, and Josh Clarke was hired earlier this month as its police chief. Clarke most recently was the chief deputy with the Clay County Sheriff’s Department. Superintendent Jeff Fritz said the main reason for a district police department “is for […]
RALEIGH, N.C. December 15th, 2022— Tuesday marked two months since the tragic shooting in Raleigh, when a teen shot and killed five people, including a Raleigh police officer. The shooting on Oct. 13 in Raleigh’s Hedingham neighborhood drew a massive police response and prompted an hourslong search for the suspect, 15-year-old Austin Thompson. Two months […]
Richmond VA December 5, 2022 Richmond’s public housing agency plans to hire its own police officers, after abruptly shutting down its in-house police force in 2014. Shaken by hearing of the shooting death of a 15-year girl in Gilpin Court just a couple of weeks before taking over as chief executive officer of the Richmond Redevelopment […]
BALTIMORE MD December 5th, 2022— Johns Hopkins University released a signed memorandum citing joint cooperation between the Johns Hopkins Police Department and Baltimore City police force. This new university police agency will be able to patrol all of the “campus areas,” as stated in the memo. Meaning the Homewood Campus, the East Baltimore Campus and […]
Boston MA October 3 2022 Crime on Harvard’s campus dropped to its lowest level in over a decade last year, with 27 fewer crimes reported than in 2020, according to a report released by the University on Friday. One hundred twenty-five crimes were reported on Harvard’s campus in 2021 — a decrease from 152 in […]
New York October 3 2022 Hospital police are specialized police agencies in the United States that provide critical law enforcement services and security to hospitals. As a result of increased violence in the healthcare field, patients with mental health disturbances, and a wide range of civil upset occurring across the nation, hospital security often proved […]
New York City NY Sept 27 2022 The NYPD and other urban police departments could save hundreds of millions of dollars by farming out “non-core” services to private outfits and have their officers focus almost exclusively on combating and preventing crime, a new study finds. The “Enhancing Public Safety While Saving Public Dollars with Auxiliary […]