Atlanta GA April 28 2021 More than 250 officers from the Atlanta Police Department, and the Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse and Spelman college police forces are now also Fulton County sheriff’s deputies. The move gives the officers a broader jurisdiction to fight crime, according to Fulton Sheriff Patrick “Pat” Labat. Labat deputized more than 200 […]
Berkeley CA April 27 2021 The Berkeley school district is considering what role, if any, police should play in its schools. At a board meeting on Wednesday night, school board members debated the role of the School Resource Officer (SRO), a single officer employed by the Berkeley Police Department who is stationed at school campuses. […]
Minneapolis MN April 27 2021 High school students are back in class in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Hopkins, but there’s a change in the hallways: no armed police officers. All three districts cut ties with school resource officers (SROs), whose presence brought anxiety to many. Aides monitor the halls at Hopkins High, while in Minneapolis and […]
RADFORD, Va. April 22 2021 – Two minutes after a Radford University student fired a gun on campus, he was in police custody, according to police. At about 1:54 p.m., police were notified that someone had fired a gun near Muse Hall. A Radford City Sheriff’s Office deputy was in the immediate area, saw what happened, […]
Palm Beach FL April 18 2021 In the wake of the sudden resignation of Palm Beach County School District Police Chief Frank Kitzerow, the county’s police union is asking the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to take over policing for the school district. Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association President John Kazanjian said the association […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. April 14 2021 A suspect has been arrested for flashing incidents at Calvin University, campus officials say, as well as at nearby Cornerstone University and an area McDonald’s. The individual was arrested Sunday morning, Calvin officials said in an email sent to the campus community. The first incident at Calvin happened shortly after […]
Hammond LA April 10 2021 A Southeastern University student has been arrested, accused of stabbing an LSU student multiple times in a Southeastern dorm Saturday, according to the campus police department. Elizabeth Grace Johnson, an 18-year-old from Folsom, was arrested after officers with the Southeastern University Police Department responded to a reported disturbance on the third […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. April 9 2021— Twenty-eight school resource officers patrol the halls of all Virginia Beach Middle and high schools. That number will soon drop by almost half. “I’m very surprised, disappointed and concerned,” explained school board member Carolyn Weems. A Virginia Beach School leader sent a letter to school board members. It reads, […]
Burlington VT April 8 2021 Nine months after the Burlington City Council first resolved to end the city’s use of in-school police officers, the Burlington School District is scaling back the program. At a meeting Tuesday night, school board members approved the elimination of one of two in-school officer positions in the district and directed the […]
TITUSVILLE, Fla April 8 2021 A man is locked up in the Brevard County Jail after police say he was found without pants on, carrying a loaded gun on a school’s property. Titusville police arrested Edward Bochi Tuesday morning after they were called by a security guard at Temple Christian School. The security guard spotted Bochi […]