LEXINGTON, Ky. Sept 22 2022 Five current and former University of Kentucky football players are suing three members of the Lexington Police Department. Reuben Adams, JuTahn McClain, Andru Phillips, DeVito Tisdale and Joel Williams were facing burglary charges in connection with a March 2021 fight at a frat party. Those charges were later dropped by a […]
Montville CT Sept 22 2022― The school district took the next step towards having armed security officers in the town’s schools by approving two policies Tuesday night. At a meeting Tuesday night, the Board of Education approved a policy outlining the School Resource Officer (SRO) position and a related Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the […]
BALTIMORE MD September 21 2022 Johns Hopkins University released a memorandum of understanding between it and the Baltimore Police Department as the university moves forward with establishing its own private police force. According to the draft document, Johns Hopkins will create a police force to patrol the university’s campuses in Homewood, Peabody and east Baltimore. […]
Columbia SC September 5 2022 State Law Enforcement Division agents were requested Friday to investigate two on-campus deaths at the University of South Carolina. Campus and local police were notified of two separate deaths but neither police agency has identified if these are students, staff, or visitors. Officials say the two incidents appear to be […]
AVON, Ind. Sept 1 2022– State officials have approved nearly $23 million in grants to fund school security. The grants are awarded each year to help districts pay for school resource officers and upgrades like new equipment. This year, 425 schools have been approved to receive these funds, according to David Hosick, spokesperson for the […]
Johnstown, PA August 26 2022 Westmont Hilltop School District announced this week that they did not hire two municipal school resource officers as they originally intended. Instead, they’ve hired two, armed security guards and a school police officer who will be a school employee. Superintendent Thomas Mitchell says the decision came after local police departments were […]
Lincoln County MS. Aug 24, 2022 For the first time in its history, the Lincoln County School District has its own police force. On Monday, Superintendent David Martin swore in five school resource officers who will work to protect and serve the students and staff at the schools. The new officers are Lance Lewis, West […]
New York August 22nd, 2022 The City University of New York’s security force is so understaffed that campuses are dangerously “vulnerable” amid surging crime in the Big Apple, insiders told The Post. The university system’s public safety department has plummeted 40 percent to about 900 sworn officers and security assistants — down from some 1,500 […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. Aug 7 2022– A Portsmouth man was arrested on gun charges after running from police and being apprehended at I.C. Norcom High School. According to the Portsmouth Police Department, on July 29, officers were dispatched to 1136 Virginia Avenue on reports of someone attempting to kick in a door. When they arrived, they […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. August 7 2022 When classes in Knox County Schools start on Monday, the district will have more school security officers than ever before thanks to nearly $5 million in additional funding. More officers is just one of several changes students, faculty and families can expect as part of the district’s new ‘Safe Schools, Safe […]