Philadelphia PA April 7 2020 While we always think of spring as a time for new beginnings and brighter days, this year’s will certainly be different. With most of Drexel University working from home, students starting a new term online and social events put on hold, our routines have dramatically changed. However, Drexel Public Safety’s […]
Joliet IL April 6 2020 As Joliet Junior College’s police chief enters the final months of a mandated personal improvement plan, student leaders continue to call for his resignation. Police Chief Pete Comanda chief was put under the personal improvement plan following what has been described as “racially-based statements” he made last year. Student leaders have […]
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. April 4 2020 Kentucky Police are investigating after a student was found dead on a community campus. Prestonsburg police said that they are investigating the death at a community college campus. The death occurred at the Prestonsburg campus of the Bid Sandy Community and Technical College. Investigators say the crime happened at “the very […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 4 2020 — A person died at the University of Memphis campus, and officials say it was accidental, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The university spokesperson said the death happened at Wilder Tower. The death is currently an active investigation, but the spokesperson said the death was accidental. The person who died was not […]
Ohio April 4 2020 Armed teachers and staff at an Ohio school district must have police levels of training, an appeals court ruled Monday. Several parents whose children are students at Madison Local Schools sued the district in September 2018 over its concealed weapons policy, which only requires 26 hours of training for armed staff. Police-level […]
Washington DC April 1 2020 Officials’ move to add body cameras to police officers and conduct enhanced trainings within the department will help hold officers accountable for inappropriate actions, policing experts said. The University rolled out plans earlier this month to add body-worn cameras to police officers and establish a unit within the department to […]
PORTLAND, Ore. March 31 2020— Keanon Lowe has again been recognized for his heroic actions nearly a year ago at Northeast Portland’s Parkrose High School, this time being awarded the Citizen Honor Award by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The organization announced last week that Lowe was one of six individual recipients of the […]
Marietta GA Mach 25 2020 A 17-year-old from Cobb County is accused of raping a girl under a staircase at Marietta High School and then posting the video on Instagram, according to police. Jaison Dewayne Arrindell was arrested March 6 at the school after he was caught punching and kicking another student during a fight, […]
Las Cruces NM March 25 2020 A civil suit has been filed against the Las Cruces Police Department and a Las Cruces police officer in connection with a shooting incident at Picacho Middle School in December 2019. LCPD said Officer Francisco Estrada, who has been employed with LCPD for eight years and has been a […]
WILMINGTON NC March 22 2020 — Authorities arrested an employee of the Cape Fear Community College earlier this month, charging him with four felony sex crimes against children, including a 12-year-old male victim. Justin Louis Stermer, 28, was arrested on Friday, March 6, by detectives with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO). According to a […]