Philadelphia PA December 4 2019 Kevin Bethel built a 30-year career locking people up, rising to become a respected deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. But that’s not who he is anymore. Last month, Philadelphia School Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. named him special adviser for school safety — essentially the chief of the […]
Cliffside Park, NJ December 4 2019 Police arrested a North Bergen man accused of threatening to shoot up Cliffside Park High School, sending the school into lockdown on Monday morning, officials said. Misael Echevarria, 45, was arrested and charged with false public alarm, terroristic threats and child endangerment for the Monday morning threat that […]
Harrisburg PA December 4 2019 School police officers in Pennsylvania have had their powers to make arrests restored after being inadvertently taken away earlier this year. In the recent flurry of bills that Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law was one that addresses a couple of issues related to school safety officers. Aside from returning […]
Luzerne County PA December 3 2019 A teen kidnapped at knifepoint Sunday afternoon was freed unharmed after police killed her abductor, authorities said. Jordan Patrick Oliver, 20, kidnapped 15-year-old Samara Derwin outside Nanticoke High School in Luzerne County and fled with her in a stolen police vehicle, according to a statement from Pennsylvania State Police […]
Waukesha WI December 4 2019 An officer shot an armed male student Monday morning in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school after the suspect pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. A Waukesha South High School student informed a school resource officer that a classmate had a handgun around 10:17 a.m., Waukesha […]
Kane County IL December 1 2019 A juvenile is facing charges for possessing explosive materials, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. The charges come after an investigation by the Batavia Police Department, Kane County and the FBI. On Tuesday, the FBI told Batavia police they received a tip that someone in Batavia had purchased […]
YORKVILLE IL Nov 30 2019 – An armed security staff member to help monitor school grounds within Yorkville School District 115 has been hired. Yorkville School District 115 Board of Education members voted, 5-0, to approve hiring Joseph Grimaldi as a safe school security officer during the school board meeting on Monday, Nov. 25, at the […]
PEORIA IL November 27 2019 An armed and certified Peoria Public Schools police department and shorter terms for school board members are closer to reality following positive votes at last weekend’s state board of education’s Joint Annual Conference in downtown Chicago. The voting body, comprised of hundreds of school board members from across the state, recommended […]
COLLEGEVILLE, PA Nov 26 2019— Three men attempted to abduct a student at Ursinus College early Sunday morning, the school’s campus safety division confirmed. The incident occurred at 2:15 a.m. on 6th Avenue near Main Street. A silver Honda or Accord with a Pennsylvania license plate pulled up alongside a student who was walking […]
Chicago IL Nov 26 2019 A University of Illinois at Chicago student has been found strangled to death in parking garage, police say. Campus police at the University of Illinois at Chicago have taken a person of interest into custody after a 19-year-old student was found unresponsive inside a car in a parking garage […]