Houston TX Sept 30 2020 Teachers across the state of Texas are claiming their respective school districts are not following state coronavirus safety guidelines. The Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) distributed a survey and found more than 650 of its members from 135 districts reported issues in 12 categories, including inadequate ventilation, lack of personal protective […]
Cherry Hill NJ Sept 26 2020 A Cherry Hill school security officer who called the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin a “good shoot” on his Facebook page said he was fired by the district after 19 years because it “upset people” and violated the district social media policy. Blake, who is Black, was shot […]
Hillsborough County Fla Sept 26 2020 Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of Michael Lashman, a school security officer who worked at Knights Elementary School and physically abused a student this week. According to HCSO, a student became verbally disruptive on Wednesday and teachers were able to calm the child down. Multiple witnesses […]
AMERICUS GA Sept 25 2020 – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Campus Safety Director Sammy Stone and the members of the SGTC campus safety office were recognized recently during National Security Officer Appreciation Week. The third week in September is National Security Officer Appreciation Week and it is designed to recognize in-house and contract security personnel. […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA Sept 25 2020 With every school campus, there’s bound to be some unique issues, especially in the times of a pandemic. On Wilkes University’s campus, there are several steps being taken to keep the population safe and we’re told much of it is voluntary. “It’s not normal. It’s not even remotely close to being […]
Park Ridge IL Sept 24 2020 Park Ridge aldermen on Monday narrowly approved a modified agreement that will keep school resource officers at Maine South and Maine East High Schools over the next five years. With Aldermen Maureen Hartwig, Roger Shubert and Marc Mazzuca dissenting, the school resource officer agreement passed the City Council by a […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA Sept 24 2020 A shooting at an Armenian school over the weekend in San Francisco has sparked a new hate crime investigation — the third hate crime against an Armenian establishment in the city within the last two months. Around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, officers patrolling the city’s Stonestown neighborhood heard gunshots near the […]
MIDDLEBURY VT Sept 23 2020— Middlebury College removed 22 students from campus during the weekend for violating the school’s Covid-19 policies. The students’ on-campus privileges were revoked after the college received reports last Thursday that “a number of students appeared to be in violation of our Covid-19 conduct policies,” Sarah Ray, Middlebury’s director of media […]
New Orleans LA Sept 22 2020 A former Tulane contract worker is suing the university because campus police shot him while trying to arrest him for allegedly masturbating in an office and forcing a co-worker to watch. Taivon Aples alleges that Tulane subjected him to excessive force and therefore violated his civil rights, though campus […]
Montgomery Al Sept 21 2020 An Alabama State University standout student has been charged in the slaying of a fellow student, Adam “Belle” Dowdell. Just two years ago, Ivry Hall was lauded in news stories from Alabama to Illinois for overcoming the deaths of both his parents at a young age and escaping a life of […]