Little Rock AR April 1 2018 At a meeting of the Little Rock School District’s Community Advisory Board Thursday evening, Ron Self, the LRSD’s director of safety and security, presented a proposal to arm a fraction of the district’s 80 security personnel. The LRSD remains under state takeover, which means the district does not have a […]
ATHENS, Ala. March 31 2018— Authorities say an Alabama high school teacher was jailed for being drunk in class. Limestone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Stephen Young tells news outlets that 40-year-old Mae Gladys Edwards was arrested Tuesday and charged with public intoxication and illegal possession of prohibited liquors after students at Tanner High School reported […]
Washington DC March 29 2018 Six Howard University employees were fired last year after an internal investigation found the financial aid office had misappropriated university-based grants to some university employees, the school’s president said Wednesday. According to a statement from Wayne Frederick, Howard University president, an outside auditor found that several university employees received grants in […]
Hamden CT March 29 2018 The opioid epidemic is still gripping the country. There were 42,249 opioid related deaths in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Connecticut alone had over 1,000 opioid overdoses in 2017. The Chief of Hamden Police, Thomas Wydra and Fire Marshall and Training Officer for Quinnipiac Public Safety, […]
Springfield MO March 28 2018 A small number of rural Missouri school districts are allowing some teachers to carry concealed guns. Instead of following a state law that sets out how districts can arm teachers, the schools are using a private security firm to oversee training. Some say that raises legal and liability questions. Missouri lawmakers […]
WICHITA, Kan. March 27 2018 The owner of Wichita Volleyball Academy has been arrested for one count of sexual exploitation of a child. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says 44-year-old Jeffrey Sanders was arrested Friday following a month-long investigation by the Exploited and Missing Child Unit. Sanders was booked for one count of sexual exploitation […]
Longview TX March 26 2018 Olivia Stine never envisioned herself patrolling campus or rushing out in response to a fire alarm. But as a new LeTourneau University student, she found herself in need of a campus job and came across an opening for a university police guard. Stine, 24, who joined the department as a […]
Sacramento CA March 26 2018 n a decision that experts say could have nationwide significance, the California Supreme Court has ruled that public colleges and universities have a duty to protect their students from potential violence in “school-sponsored activities.” This overturns a lower court decision and allows a former University of California, Los Angeles, student […]
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. March 22 2018 — A former Grandview High School security guard accused of having a relationship with a student was sentenced on Wednesday. Broderick Lundie, 30, who pleaded guilty in January to one count of felony sexual exploitation of a child and one count of misdemeanor sexual assault with a 10-year age difference, […]
Indio, CA –March 22 2018 A security guard at an Indio middle school was arrested for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to a student, school district officials confirmed Wednesday. James Arthur Campbell, a security guard at Desert Ridge Academy, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of three misdemeanors — sending harmful matter to a minor, child […]