READING, Pa. March 12 2019 – Criminal charges have been filed against a Reading High School student accused of biting a school security guard after being found with an unloaded BB gun. The 19-year-old student, identified as Lenny Figueroa-Osorio, pulled the gun during an argument with another student in a classroom on Friday, according to court […]
RALEIGH, N.C. March 10 2019 — In an effort to keep classrooms safe, some North Carolina lawmakers are proposing to pay teachers more if they choose to carry a gun. It’s all part of the School Security Act of 2019. Active shooter drills, school lockdowns, and security changes are now part of the curriculum for students. […]
DENNIS TOWNSHIP NJ March 9 2019— The scene at the Dennis Township Primary School on Feb. 28 evoked feelings of nostalgia as the school’s gymnasium was transformed into a classic drive-in movie theater. Students created automobiles out of cardboard boxes, and parked these creations in front of the school’s big screen where they enjoyed a […]
Jersey City NJ March 7 2019 Police responded twice to Snyder High School in Jersey City on Wednesday, first on a report of a parent punching the school’s principal and then to stop a fight that broke out among students after dismissal. The later fracas led to a three-car collision involving police headed to the Bergen […]
Portland Oregon March 5 2019 Portland Democratic Rep. Diego Hernandez and the Oregon Student Association introduced a bill Thursday looking to disarm campus police at Portland State University and the University of Oregon. The practice of having armed campus officers has drawn scrutiny from students and some faculty and staff at Oregon universities following incidents involving […]
BERNALILLO NM March 4 2019 — The security officer watches the bleachers filled with a raucous crowd of young students, obviously enjoying what’s happening before them in the gymnasium. All of a sudden, a bespectacled young man in the back row stands up, holding a gun. The security guard tells the students to leave the bleachers […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. March 3 2019 Every school district in Pennsylvania received a memo last week from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In the memo entitled “Act 44 Updates”, the department laid out its interpretation of Act 44 and states the School Code identifies only two types of school security personnel that can carry a firearm: school […]
Long Beach CA March 3 2019 A large group of teenagers surrounded a school safety officer a few blocks west of Wilson High School Thursday afternoon, prompting police to respond and take three kids into custody, authorities said. Police said the situation started around 3:20 p.m. when the safety officer tried to give a boy […]
Middletown NJ March 3 2019 A contractor hired to do work at a Monmouth County high school was arrested Friday after he threatened to shoot security staff who asked him to leave school grounds, police said. Richard D. Thompson Jr., 35, of Middletown, got into a verbal altercation with another contractor at Middletown High School North […]
Sacramento CA March 1 2019 Police arrested a teen early Tuesday morning in connection with social media posts containing direct threats to shoot up or bomb multiple high schools in the city, the Sacramento Police Department said in a news release. Police first received reports at about 9:19 p.m. Monday of an Instagram account making “viral” […]