HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Mar 10, 2025— Henrico County Schools plans to increase its security staff by adding more than 50 school security officers (SSOs) for the upcoming school year. The 53 SSOs are school staff members and not uniformed police officers. The majority of these officers will focus on campuses featuring open-air walkways or breezeways across […]
ENFIELD CT December 2, 2024 — The controversial decision to hire armed security officers in schools has proven to be beneficial, Enfield’s superintendent said, after a student recently brought a lifelike firearm to school, leading to a nearly immediate response from law enforcement and the student’s arrest. Enfield High School went into lockdown Nov. 20 after […]
DAVIS CA September 23 2024 The UC Board of Regents approved new military equipment for some of its campus police departments just as the new school year begins. The decision comes in the wake of some violence during protests on some campuses last school year, although the UC Board of Regents issued a statement saying the […]
ARLINGTON, Texas – One of Arlington ISD’s armed security guards was fired this week for It happened on Tuesday at the Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language. In a letter to parents, the school’s principal said the gun was left unattended for about six minutes before being found by another staff member. No […]
STAMFORD CT September 10 2024— A local high school student has been arrested after threatening to “shoot up the school” Friday afternoon, according to police, the latest in a string of threats made against Connecticut schools in recent days. Stamford police said in a news release that they were alerted by the FBI around 2 […]
Richland County SC September 8, 2024 A South Carolina school security officer has been spared prison time after admitting to engaging in sexual relationships with two students from 2015 to 2018. A former deputy in Richland County, S.C., Jamel Bradley, 45, has been sentenced to probation and ordered to join the sex offender registry. The […]
McKeesport PA September 7 2024 In a jam-packed board room at the McKeesport Area School District Administration Building Thursday evening, several people voiced support for former superintendent Tia Wanzo — who resigned last week after her alleged failure to report sexual contact between a high school security guard and a student — and expressed concerns […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. September 3 2024 Police in Daytona Beach said they arrested three teenagers after a gun scare at a high school football game. Officers said a juvenile tried to enter the Daytona Stadium on Friday and was stopped at the checkpoint. A security guard told police that a gun was inside of the teen’s […]
Mount Horeb WS. May 2, 2024 Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday as officers responded to a report of a person with a gun, officials said. No one else was hurt in the incident outside Mount Horeb Middle School, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in an evening news […]
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. March 24th, 2024 Appomattox County Public Schools is partnering with an AI-based gun detection program to increase safety efforts on school grounds. APCS partnered with ZeroEyes. In an effort to increase safety in Appomattox County schools, this new software is designed to help law enforcement respond to an emergency situation, such as […]