Newport News VA August 17 2023 The Newport News School Board focused on security at its last meeting before the first day of school Tuesday. In the months since the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, several changes have been made, including increasing law enforcement presence in the hallways. The district’s most recent update? An increase of […]
Chicago IL August 17 2023 The University of Chicago Medical Center is tightening security after a brawl inside its emergency room this past weekend. The fight broke out after several people were shot just a block from the hospital in Washington Park Sunday night, then spilled inside. In the moments after the fight, the hospital said […]
Atlanta GA August 17 2023 A man was recently arrested for impersonating an Atlanta Police Department office in downtown Atlanta. According to APD, an on-duty officer was patrolling parking lots on Aug. 13 when he spotted a person who appeared to be an off-duty APD officer working security in a parking lot. The on-duty officer stopped […]
Tamarac FL August 16 2023 A 31-year-old man who works at Margate Middle School stands accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in Broward County, records show. Maurice Powell told police officers during an investigation that he would be angry if a man did what he did to the teenage girl to his daughters, according to […]
COOK COUNTY, Ill. August 16, 2023 A private security guard is charged with first-degree murder charge after the Cook County Sheriff’s Office says he shot and killed a driver leaving a Ford Heights strip club last Saturday. At around 5:30 a.m. on August 12, deputies responded to the 800 Block of E. Lincoln Highway in Ford […]
TAMPA, FLA August 16 2023— University of South Florida police officers arrested two people in connection to an overnight death investigation. According to a press release from USF, officers were called out to the scene around 7 a.m. The victim’s body was found in parking lot 3C near the fine arts building. Police said the […]
Dallas TX Aug 16 2023 A Dallas police officer died by apparent suicide a day after he and three other officers fatally shot a homicide suspect as they tried to arrest him this week, according to a department email obtained by The Dallas Morning News. The officer who died, Matthew Bacon, was assigned to the U.S. […]
Richardson TX August 16 2023 Richardson ISD officials are planning to hire 36 new campus security officers to comply with a new state law requiring armed guards at every Texas school. The security plan, which the RISD board of trustees voted to approve Aug. 10, comes as an exemption to the new law, due to a […]
McKees Rock PA August 15 2023 There’ll be a new school security plan in place when classes resume in one local school district later this month. That plan involves nearly a dozen armed security guards on patrol. Inside the halls of Sto-Rox Jr./Sr. High School, Lauren Ferragonio feels needed by the students. “The best part of […]
Little Rock Arkansas August 15, 2023 Arkansas State Police are investigating after a vehicle struck and killed a school security officer near Joe T. Robinson Elementary School.The school The security officer was employed with the Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) has died after being fatally hit by a vehicle while directing traffic on the first […]