Pittsburgh PA October 3 2018 Pittsburgh Public Schools are exploring a possible policy change that would allow school police officers to carry guns. Pittsburgh Public Schools police Chief George Brown told the board Monday that officers need guns to do their jobs. He added that they’ve been trained to work with all students and to de-escalate […]
Hackensack NJ Sept 28 2018 Hackensack schools will soon have their own armed officerss, making the city the latest community in North Jersey to adopt more stringent safety protocols in their schools following the Parkland shooting earlier this year. The City Council this week established the position of Class III Special Law Enforcement Officers, or […]
Rock Spring, GA Sept 28 2018 The safety of our students, faculty and staff as well as visitors to our campuses is of the highest priority,” said GNTC President Pete McDonald. “A safe campus environment is critical to learning and skill development. Our new police officers are highly experienced officers who bring many years of […]
DECATUR IL Sept 19 2018 — Richland Community College leaders are hopeful that a new campus police force can be up and running by the end of this year. The Public Safety Department, which was unanimously approved during Tuesday night’s meeting of the college’s board of trustees, will allow Richland to have its own officers […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Sept 1 2018— Police are investigating a fatal shooting on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus late Wednesday evening. Shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Colorado Springs police responded to the UCCS Family Development Center on the 1400 block of Austin Bluffs Parkway to a report of shots fired. When they arrived […]
AMHERST MA Aug 4 2018 — University of Massachusetts police union members are raising concerns about UMass hiring unarmed security guards to patrol the newly acquired Mount Ida campus in Newton. But UMass officials said members of the Mount Ida campus community will be well protected by the private security as well as assistance from the […]
Portland OR July 1 2018 Portland State University police officers shot and killed a man across the street from a popular sports bar on campus early Friday morning, authorities said. Officers from the university responded to a disturbance near the Cheerful Tortoise on Southwest Sixth Avenue just before 1:30 a.m., the Portland Police Bureau said in […]
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla June 3 2018 Officials with the Jackson County School District and the Sheriff’s office had hoped to put a school resource officer on every campus. Right now there are only SROs in the middle and high schools. “Especially on the Sheriff’s part, the Marianna Police Department’s part and other law enforcement agencies,” Larry […]
WILMINGTON, NC June 1 2018 A North Carolina college has decided to shut down its campus police force and contract the local sheriff’s office. The Cape Fear Community College plans to partner with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office to provide security. Under the new partnership, deputies will be stationed on campus. But there was […]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. May 31 2018 Six people have been arrested after a Marshall University police officer was attacked during a traffic stop. News outlets report the incident happened early Monday after the officer pulled over a speeding vehicle on the Marshall campus in Huntington. Police say the officer tackled one of the suspects who tried to […]