LARGO, Fla. Sept 3 2018– A man is facing charges after being accused of intentionally driving over a Largo police crossing guard’s foot Thursday afternoon. The incident happened after John Kavanaugh made an illegal U-turn at East Bay Drive and Seminole Boulevard. According to an arrest report, the crossing guard attempted to tell Kavanaugh he […]
ROLESVILLE, N.C. Sept 1 2018 Rolesville police have arrested the teenager they believe was responsible for a threat made to Rolesville High School Thursday afternoon. Officers have charged 16-year-old Kelton Kombo with making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property. Officials said he called in a threat, putting the school on a code red […]
Birmingham AL Sept 1 2018 Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale has unveiled a new comprehensive school safety plan that includes putting a deputy in every school and having a special team trained to spot potential dangers. The sheriff – joined by Jefferson County Schools Superintendent Craig Pouncey and Jefferson County Commissioner Jimmie Stephens – held a […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Sept 1 2018— Police are investigating a fatal shooting on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus late Wednesday evening. Shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, Colorado Springs police responded to the UCCS Family Development Center on the 1400 block of Austin Bluffs Parkway to a report of shots fired. When they arrived […]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Aug 31 2018 — With a new school year upon us, educators in Cumberland County are asking for volunteers to help patrol school campuses as a way to bolster safety on school grounds. The program is known as School Angels and it’s a way of getting additional eyes and ears to identify any school […]
LOUISA COUNTY, Va. Aug 30 2018 – Louisa County Public Schools have taken extra security measures for the 2018-2019 school year. The district has more than doubled its school resource officer force adding full-time armed deputies to every school. Louisa is now the first district in Central Virginia to employ full-time officers in every elementary school. […]
Washington DC Aug 29 2018 Several local school districts fall below a national recommendation for police resource officer staffing levels, a review by the News4 I-Team found. A recommendation by the National Association of School Resource Officers, a non-profit organization that helps train and advise school resource officers, recommends one officer for every 1,000 students. But […]
Taylor TX Aug 29 2018 Three 17-year-old seniors at Taylor High School were arrested on Wednesday after classmates reported to school officials the trio’s alleged plans for a school shooting. Swift action was taken at the Texas high school to ensure the school’s safety. After overhearing the boys’ plan to carry out a shooting and […]
CORTEZ, Colo. Aug 28 2018 A sheriff’s deputy will be disciplined over a security check of schools in the southwestern Colorado town of Dolores during which he entered one classroom, pointed his finger like a gun at the teacher, and said, “‘You’re dead,’” officials said. Montezuma County sheriff’s deputy Donnie Brown and school resource officer Kaylee […]
MIAMI FL Aug 27 2018 Miami-Dade School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho exchanged high fives with students as he and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez assessed new security measures at Kenwood K-8 in Kendall. Both agreed district-wide the security improvements have been seamless. “Day one, and at the end of the week, the implementation has been flawless,” Carvalho […]