Harrisburg PA July 3rd, 2022 A bill meant to ease the hiring of campus police officers by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has passed the state House and was referred Wednesday to the state Senate Law and Justice Committee. On Monday state representatives voted 200-0 to approve House Bill 1988, which would place campus […]
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. June 25 2022 A new school safety program will place part-time deputies in school hallways and on school grounds, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The new program, which will begin August of 2022, is called ‘The Shield Program’. The sheriff’s office says deputies will be placed in every school in the […]
CARY, N.C. June 23 2022 Wake County School Board members requested a district-wide security assessment long before Uvalde, but the school massacre in Texas was certainly top of mind tonight as the board heard an overview of the assessment and voted on whether to keep police officers in the county schools. With the horror of […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. June 22 2022 A 13-year-old student at Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School in Fort Washington, Md., will be charged after bringing a loaded gun to school Tuesday, according to a spokesperson with the Prince George’s County Police Department. The student showed other students, one of whom reported it, police said. The school […]
Lincoln NE June 21 2022 The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Police Department is bringing a new four-legged public servant into its ranks. Hershey, a black and white doodle breed, is preparing to graduate from Domesti-Pups and will assume therapy dog duties with university police. Domesti-Pups is a Lincoln-based organization that specializes in canine training. The organization also […]
Houston TX June 21 2022 In the 1980s, police officers were “almost nonexistent” in the Klein Independent School District north of Houston, according to David Kimberly, chief of the district’s police department. There were only a few Harris County sheriff’s deputies on shift at any time during the day, he said, so it was difficult […]
Oxford MI June 20 2022 A group of students who attend a Michigan high school where a deadly mass shooting took place late last year are suing the district to force policy changes ahead of the new academic year. About 20 students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Oxford Community School District and several […]
North Little Rock AR June 20 2022 North Little Rock School District Superintendent Gregory Pilewski presented a plan Thursday that he said will modernize security for the district. The plan is to reorganize the school district’s security apparatus, calling for the hiring of new managers to oversee school safety and certification and training for security […]
Richmond VA June 20 2022 Virginia is committing $6.8 million in grant funding to help local school systems hire school resource officers and school security officers. The money is part of a $37.5 million criminal justice grant package announced on Friday by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, which also includes monies to support local victim witness programs, […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. June 18 2022– Metal detectors were brought into a New Springville intermediate school this week after a 12-year-old student showed up wearing what was later determined to be “airsoft” tactical gear on Wednesday, spurring a police response and an alarmed reaction from parents and students alike. A police spokesperson confirmed the incident to […]