Iredell County NC Aug 21 2019 A West Iredell High School student accused of making a threat of violence has been charged. On Aug. 13, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release it had petitioned the North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s wing of Juvenile Justice to charge the teen with communicating […]
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP NJ Aug 20 2019— For the past few days, Monica Andrews said she has been feeling uneasy about sending her son back to school in September. She’s one of a handful of Burlington Township Middle School parents who believe their kids appeared on a hit list written by another student in early August. It started […]
Atlanta GA Aug 20 2019 A 12-year-old and a 16-year-old were both shot after a fight broke out near a high school football stadium Saturday night, police said. A game was happening between George Washington Carver High School and Benjamin E. Mays High School at Lakewood Stadium on Claire Drive, Atlanta police told Channel 2 […]
Roswell NM Aug 19 2019 Employees and students at the local community college will discuss in the coming weeks whether campus security officers should carry firearms. Cpt. Brad McFadin, head of the Campus Safety and Security Department at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, has suggested that he and at least some of his six officers be […]
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. Aug 19 2019– Gwinnett County Public Schools has banned cannabis from all district property citing the Georgia Hemp Farming Act, but its police officers will join local departments in halting misdemeanor marijuana arrests, the district announced in a press release, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The new law, signed May 10, has led […]
Albuquerque NM Aug 18 2019 Albuquerque Public Schools board member Peggy Muller-Aragón thought the award amount was a typo. “We are pleased to inform you that the Public School Capital Outlay Council (PSCOC) has approved a total net state award in the amount of $0,” a letter on APS school security funding said. But it […]
PROVIDENCE, RI Aug 18 2019 A security guard employed at The Providence Center School has been arrested for soliciting a child to engage in sexual activity. State Police say Anthony Padula, 62, of West Warwick was taken into custody after he solicited whom he believed to be a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity. Padula […]
APPLE VALLEY, Calif. Aug 17 2019 A 14-year-old student who made prior threats to “shoot up the campus” was arrested after he kicked a security guard in the ribs as he attempted to leave the school, officials said. It happened on Wednesday morning at the Apple Valley County Education Center located in the 12500 block of […]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. Aug 16 2019— The chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission says Palm Beach County school officials are turning to a Boca Raton private firm to train school security guards. “I fail to see the reason why they want to do that other than they want to argue about […]
ROCK HILL, SC Aug 15 2019 Rock Hill schools will hire private, armed security officers to be stationed at all district elementary schools, police and school officials said. The district is seeking bids from security firms and will have the security officers in place after Labor Day, said Mychal Frost, school district spokesman. The district […]