CHARLESTON, W.V. March 1 2023 West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said he plans to sign into law a concealed campus carry bill passed by the House last Tuesday in an 84-14 vote. Passed in January by the Senate in a 29-4 vote, the Campus Self-Defense Act (Senate Bill 10) will allow college students, staff, and visitors […]
Philadelphia PA February 19 2023 A Temple University police officer was killed in the line of duty Saturday night near the Philadelphia campus, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said. Sources told FOX 29 Philadelphia that the shooting happened near 18th Street and Montgomery Avenue. The police officer was shot in the head, according to the source, who […]
CORBIN, Ky. Feb 18 2023 Authorities are investigating after four Knox County Public Schools students received medical care this week due to side effects from vaping. The school resource officer (SRO) at Lynn Camp High School said the students used the vape pen before school and reported shortness of breath, elevated heart rate, tiredness and confusion, […]
Raleigh NC Feb 17 2023 North Carolina State University campus and community are mourning another student’s death. The apparent death by suicide happened Saturday on campus. University police confirm the undergraduate student was found dead in Sullivan Hall. The student’s death is the eighth since the start of the school year happening just days after a […]
Providence RI February 13, 2023 A Rhode Island lawmaker is once again pushing to arm campus police at all of the state’s public colleges. Rep. William O’Brien reintroduced legislation that would mandate Rhode Island College (RIC) and the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) to arm their officers. The legislation calls for the training and […]
Altoona PA February 2 2023 At least two school districts in Pennsylvania now allow their police officers to store and use semi-automatic rifles such as AR-15s on school premises, arguing the weapons will help keep students safe from potential shooters. On Jan. 17, the Altoona Area School District school board updated the district’s policy to allow […]
Baltimore MD Feb 1 2023 Project Baltimore has new developments in the investigation into overtime for Baltimore City School Police. A City Schools police officer has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime, some of which appears to have been earned during his regular shift. “I was floored when I looked at your stories, […]
State College PA Jan 15 2023 Two Centre County school districts are revisiting and discussing school security after months of feedback from community members and parents. Penns Valley Area School District’s board of directors will vote Wednesday on several motions relating to starting a school police force. Penns Valley is the only district in […]
Stanford KY Jan 14 2023 Police say a school employee who accidentally shot himself at a Lincoln County elementary school is now facing charges. Police say 32-year-old Travis Simmons has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property. Police say “evidence” of what happened was discovered Wednesday morning, leading to a large […]
BERKELEY, Calif. Jan 14, 2023 A human skeleton was discovered Tuesday in an unused building on a University of California, Berkeley, campus, officials said. It’s unclear how many years the remains were in the shuttered building on the Clark Kerr Campus, which is a residential hall complex and event space that’s about a mile (1.61 kilometers) […]