Minnesota September 5th, 2023 Multiple local law enforcement agencies in Minnesota are removing their school resource officers from schools because of a state law that limits the manner in which they are allowed to restrain students when needed. The Blaine City Council voted unanimously Thursday to suspend the police department’s school resource officer partnerships with the […]
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania September 4, 2023 Students at Shenandoah Valley School District have been starting their day off a little differently than in past years. Upon entering school, they must walk through metal detectors designed to pinpoint metallic objects or devices attached to their body. As in airport security, students must place their belongings in […]
West Baton Rouge LA September 3 2023 Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a warm late-summer evening in Louisiana, killing a 16-year-old student and wounding a woman in the arm, authorities said Saturday. Police have made no arrests and investigators still don’t know why the violence erupted at halftime Friday in […]
St Louis MO September 3 2023 Violence continues to affect local high schools, as the third school this week has enacted safety measures following fighting among the students. St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School suspended a football game with Hazelwood East after fights broke out on the campus. Security proceeded to move everyone off the […]
New Orleans LA August 31 2023 A federal appeals court has rejected civil rights claims and upheld qualified immunity for a school resource officer who used a stun gun on a Texas high school student with an intellectual disability who was having a violent outburst. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in New […]
Washington DC August 29 2023 As students return to the classroom around the D.C. region this year, safety is top of mind. “As a principal, the first thing you think of every day is keeping the students safe. And the parents, when they send the students to school, they trust that you and the staff will […]
Chapel Hill NC August 28 2023 A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was fatally shot on campus on Monday afternoon, and a suspect is in custody, a school official said. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued an “all clear” on Monday afternoon, hours after police responded to an “armed […]
Dallas TX August 26 2023 Dallas ISD officials are planning to hire 167 new campus security officers to comply with an impending state law requiring armed guards at every Texas school. On Aug. 24, the district’s board of trustees voted to claim an exception to the state law, which allows them to commission Level 3 security […]
Huntsville Alabama August 24 2023 One person has been arrested after a shooting on the Alabama A&M University (AAMU) campus, according to the Huntsville Police Department (HPD). A spokesperson with HPD told News 19 that Investigators with their Violent Crimes Unit determined the shooting was an ‘isolated incident’ and stemmed from an altercation between two […]
Spartanburg SC August 24 2023 A Defender Services security guard working at Dorman High School was fired last week after school officials said he left a gun in a student’s car. According to Spartanburg School District Six, the guard arranged a private handgun sale to a fellow Defender employee who was working after school hours last […]