BELTON, Texas Sept 11 2018 A Belton High School student was jailed Monday in lieu of $85,000 bond charged with assault on a public servant and assault causing bodily injury after a school security officer was pushed. Cartha Martel Speed, 18, of Temple, was arrested Friday in connection with the Aug. 29 incident at the school. […]
Minneapolis Minnesota Sept 11 2018 As schools across the states look to upgrade in safety, a Minneapolis-based construction company offers a solution: in bullet-resistant doors. Now a security company here in Fargo is looking to push them out locally—and some area schools may be in the market for them. With recent school shootings shaking the […]
Chicago IL Sept 11 2018 Three teenagers were shot and critically wounded Monday near a South Side high school, authorities said. The teens, ages 16, 17 and 18, were wounded in the 700 block of East 91st Street in the Burnside neighborhood on the city’s South Side just after 4 p.m., according to the Chicago Fire […]
BURLINGTON, Iowa Sept 8 2018— As a parent of two Burlington elementary school student, Cory Gohsman knows district resources are stretched thin. Like many other parents, he also worries about his kids’ safety in an environment where school violence is increasingly common. So he decided to do something about it himself. Gohsman started Volunteer Parent Protection, a volunteer-based […]
SMITHVILLE, Ohio Sept 7 2018– A school resource officer has come under fire after using a Taser to wake up a sleeping high school student, according to WJW. When a junior fell asleep in class on Aug. 30 at Liberty Preparatory School, the teacher and Interim Principal Jenna Parnell tried to wake him up, both […]
FRIENDSWOOD, Texas Sept 6 2018– A 45-year-old man was caught masturbating while watching children cross a street in Alvin on Aug. 30, according to police. While investigating a two-vehicle accident in the 3200 block of FM 528 around 8:40 a.m., an officer told the drivers of the vehicles to move into a nearby parking lot. […]
COLUMBIA, SC September 5 2018 Students in 38 S.C. schools soon will have the protection of a full-time school resource officer thanks to a $2 million addition in the state’s 2018-’19 budget. But that money — split among 38 school districts, ranging in pay and benefits from $30,000 to $65,000 per officer — is not […]
WASHINGTON, Pa. Sept 5 2018 – Increased security in the Trinity Area School District will include the addition of a police K-9. Trinity’s K-9 handler will spend six to eight weeks in Florida at Police Service Dogs, Inc. to get one-on-one training with the dog. Officials have an idea of which dog the district will receive, […]
Chicago IL Sept 5 2018 The Chicago school system has announced that 266 employees will not be returning for the 2018-19 school year because of potential problems flagged in a new round of background checks. The Chicago Tribune reports that nearly 60 of the employees barred from returning to class were teachers. An additional 245 of […]
ORANGETOWN NY Sept 3 2018 A sophomore transfer student was arrested at Dominican College in Orangetown for criminal possession of a weapon. It happened at the Rockland college on Wednesday after the Ramapo Police Department contacted the college regarding a student assault that happened off campus in Spring Valley. The 24-year-old student allegedly got into […]