CHARLESTON, S.C. June 11 2021 Authorities have arrested a Medical University of South Carolina employee who is accused of firing a gun at her ex-boyfriend who police said was deflating her tires at a campus parking garage. The MUSC Department of Public Safety arrested 28-year-old Quinntessa Shine on Monday on charges of domestic violence of a […]
El Paso TX June 6 2021 A 30-year-old mother who was arrested after posing as her daughter at a San Elizario Independent School District campus says in a YouTube video that she did it to push or better security. Casey Garcia, 30, of San Elizario is accused of posing as a high school student. Casey […]
Charlotte NC June 6 2021 When activism following George Floyd’s murder began heating up last spring, schools around the country responded with statements of support for Black lives. But a handful of districts took swift and concrete action: They cut contracts with police departments, ending school resource officer programs that had long been both a mainstay […]
SACRAMENTO CA June 6 2021The Sacramento State Police Department on Friday night confirmed a campus officer was surrounded and attacked by a group of people. The department said one person has been detained and several others got away. During the attack, the group reportedly took the officer’s set of keys and bodycam. Sac State police said […]
Amherst MA May 27 2021 Amherst College is hiring a consulting firm to study whether the college should remove armed police officers from its campus. “We are trying to define what campus safety should look like,” President Carolyn Martin said on Monday. “We’re one of only two [New England Small College Athletic Conference] colleges that […]
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. May 22 2021 A 9-year-old student at Springdale Elementary School was handcuffed by police after the school’s principal called officers saying she was having a “temper tantrum,” a community group says. Police said the student is accused of attacking other students on a school bus and they claim she was handcuffed “for her […]
MOORESVILLE IN May 18 2021 It was a busy evening Tuesday for the Mooresville Consolidated School Corp., as the school board approved a new high school principal, transportation director, a staff stipend and the formation of a police department for the school district. The formation of the police department resolution was brought up by MCSC […]
Alexandria VA May 17 2021 The city of Alexandria will pull all police officers from public school hallways, ending a program that began nearly three decades ago following a narrow and contentious vote by the city council earlier this month. The council voted 4-to-3 on May 3 to reallocate nearly $800,000 used for the School Resource Officer […]
Montgomery County MD May 15 2021 The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a police budget on Thursday that continues to fund the positions of 23 police officers who previously worked as school resource officers — but with the understanding that County Executive Marc Elrich will work with the county’s public schools to assign those officers to […]
Montgomery County MD May 13 2021 There will be no police stationed in Montgomery County schools when the next academic year begins, the district’s school board confirmed on Tuesday. Instead, planning is underway on an alternate program to provide “adequate local law enforcement coverage,” as required by state law. The school board on Tuesday reviewed a […]