Boca Raton FL December 4 2018 Rafael Decomas isn’t a morning person. The Florida Atlantic University student was arrested Wednesday after campus police say he threatened to kill his teacher on Twitter for scheduling an exam too early. According to an arrest report obtained by The Miami Herald, a Tweet from the @Ashelaniqua, Cutie Claus […]
PALISADES PARK NJ December 4 2018 — A school district report mostly blames Police Chief Mark Jackson for the mishandling of a security program that put armed guards into borough schools without background checks. The chief failed to conduct background checks, get approval from the state Department of Education, consult the superintendent on the hiring of […]
BAUXITE, Ark. December 3 2018 Bauxite Public Schools will soon have commissioned school security officers in addition to its one school resource officer. School officials say while no teachers will be armed, a handful of non-instructional staff volunteered to train to become CSSO’s. They’re expected to begin their new roles as early as January. “The team […]
PHILIPPI, W.Va. December 3 2018 Campus security officers on patrol at a local college led police to an area where they had smelled marijuana and police made an arrest. Security said that the man was arrested at Alderson Broaddus University Thursday after police say he was found with drugs and drug paraphernalia. According to the […]
Dayton OH December 3 2018 Dayton Public Schools in Dayton, Ohio, is investing $3.3 million in upgrades to its video surveillance equipment in all 27 of the district’s schools. The changes were spurred by multiple instances where current cameras were unable to capture incidents on campus with enough detail to identify suspects. In a May 2016 […]
New Britain CT December 1 2018 Central Connecticut State University officials have revealed that a campus police officer was fired after being accused of sexually assaulting another officer. The New Britain school disclosed the firing Thursday and released a report about the department prepared by former state public safety commissioner Bernard Sullivan. Officials also announced […]
LEMONT, IL December 1 2018 Over 1,000 people have signed a petition to protest the firing of a LHS security guard. Sharon Karpiak, who has worked at the school for 12 years, was fired at the Nov. 19 Board of Education Meeting. According to the Change.org petition, supporters say “removing her from the position would […]
NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, PA. December 1 2018 A Pennsylvania student is facing criminal charges after he allegedly posted a shooting threat directed at the Freedom Area School District. According to police, the 10th-grader posted a picture of himself online holding an AR-15 with a statement advising other students not to show up at school. School […]
OXFORD, CT December 1 2018— The town is earmarking at least $70,000 in funds to hire armed security officers at its schools, the Republican-American reports. The town will also hire a new, part-time school resource officer too. The armed security officers, who will be retired police officers, will be equipped with guns and bulletproof vests, […]
Duval County FL November 30 2018 A group of Duval County families has joined the League of Women Voters in challenging their school district’s implementation of Florida’s new school security guard program, created in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting in February. In their complaint in county court, they argue the program places elementary […]