Texas City TX Feb 23 2019 Last May, a deranged student entered Santa Fe High School in Texas and opened fire. Ten people were killed and 10 others were injured. The weapon of choice for the gunman was a .38 caliber revolver. Over the last year, the nearby town of Texas City is implementing a radical […]
Denton TX Feb 22 2019 A security guard at McMath Middle School was cited for allegedly stealing an undisclosed amount of cash from a teacher’s desk Monday night, according to a Denton police report. Police said a school resource officer looked into the teacher’s claim that money was taken and found video footage showing […]
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. February 21 2019 — A West Virginia school board has approved placing security guards at 12 schools. News outlets report the Cabell County Board of Education approved placing security guards at several schools that don’t have man-trap entry Tuesday. A handful of buildings do not have double-doored man-trap main entrances, which are reinforced and […]
Berk County PA February 20 2019 Patrolling the hallways of Boyertown Middle School West with a handgun holstered at his side, Rafael Perez is at ease. “I feel like I am more equipped to protect the students,” Perez said regarding the Boyertown School Board’s recent approval of a policy allowing school police officers to […]
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. Feb 20 2019 The Cabell County Board of Education moved forward Tuesday night with measures to make the schools safer. School officials say 12 locations in the district will now have a security guard. The addition of the security guard is to make sure school visitors go straight to the office, in schools […]
Los Angeles CA Feb 16 2019 A YouTube personality known as “Furry Potato” was shot by a school security guard after getting into a confrontation over filming the school. LAPD confirmed that the person was wounded Thursday afternoon by a school security guard while recording video outside a synagogue and Jewish high school in the Fairfax […]
COLUMBUS OH Feb 16 2019 Controlled door access, visitor screening and mass notification systems are the most common measures used in Ohio schools to protect kids and teachers, according to a new statewide survey sent to 5,620 buildings. Panic buttons, radio hookups to first responders, protective windows and physical barriers are used in fewer schools, […]
Boston MA Feb 15 2019 The Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston is both the last remaining four-year state college and the last remaining Colleges of the Fenway institution whose Campus Police Officers do not carry guns. Other institutions in the area have had their CPOs armed for many years: Tufts University voted […]
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. Feb 15 2019– A West Virginia Wesleyan College student has been arrested after officers recovered marijuana and a firearm in his dorm room. On Monday, February 11, officers with the Buckhannon Police Department were notified by Wesleyan Security officers that they had received information about an odor of what appeared to be marijuana […]
HASTINGS MN February 14 2019 Hastings High School Assistant Principal and Head Wrestling Coach Joshua McLay is facing charges of embezzling nearly $14,000 in school funds. According to the criminal complaint, back in September of 2011, McLay asked the school district’s accounting supervisor if he could pay for his coaching staff to travel to Lincoln, […]