Charlottesville VA June 12 2020 Charlottesville City Schools is ending its current school resource officer program with a goal to have a new model in place before school starts Aug. 19 — a decision that comes after weeks of protests locally and nationally about policing. Many local activists, including from the Charlottesville chapter of the Black […]
HYATTSVILLE, Md. June 9 2020 A proposal to remove police from Prince George’s County Public Schools passed the first step on Monday night — but there are questions over whether it would even be legal based on current Maryland law. Several PGCPS board members announced their proposal at a Black Lives Matter protest outside the District […]
Philadelphia PA June 9 2020 In the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, researchers and activists are once again urging that police departments be defunded and rethought. That includes a law enforcement group that’s gotten less attention in recent days: university police departments. According to the most recent survey from […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. June 4 2020 For a third straight night, protesters gathered in Lynchburg to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Tuesday night, they gathered in front of Liberty University to protest against LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. after he recently sent what critics referred to as a racially-insensitive tweet. Everyone has seen the […]
Burlington VT May 17 2020 University of Vermont Police received only a third of their average number of calls this April compared with the previous five years. Typically UVM Police receive about 300 calls in April. In April 2020, UVM Police received only 100. With a near-empty campus and fraction of their typical call volume, […]
RICHMOND COUNTY, GA May 16 2020 An on-duty Paine College public safety officer was charged with cocaine possession after deputies searched his car. Antonio Burton was charged after a traffic stop on Tuesday at 9:04 p.m. on Fenwick Street Deputies say they smelled marijuana coming from his car. Deputies searched the car and found evidence to charge […]
FLINT, MI May 16 2020-– The city of Flint’s police department is reestablishing cooperative relationships with college police departments to increase community patrolling. Mayor Sheldon Neeley made the announcement alongside Michigan State Flint Post Lt. Yvonne Brantley, University of Michigan-Flint Police Chief Ray Hall, and Mott Community College Police Chief Michael Odette on Friday, May […]
Reno, Nevada May 15 2020– The Lyon County School District (LCSD) will most likely cut its school resource officer (SRO) program for the 2020-2021 academic year due to financial losses it has experienced as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The district plans on making 5% spending cuts so it can balance its budget but will […]
BALTIMORE MD May 6 2020 A woman is in custody being processed for DUI charges after her car allegedly hit a Baltimore Schools police officer’s vehicle Tuesday afternoon. A call came in at around 3:30 p.m. for a hit-and-run involving a school police vehicle. An officer put a description out on the car and it was […]
Walla Walla County WA May 2 2020 A former security officer at Lincoln High School has been charged with first- degree sexual misconduct with a minor and summoned to appear May 11 in Walla Walla County Superior Court. Chavis R. Harris Jr., 29, of Walla Walla, was charged April 20 after detectives investigated allegations of […]