SAN MATEO CA March 15th, 2024 – Authorities on Wednesday morning arrested a 29-year-old San Mateo man on suspicion of bringing a “large kitchen knife” to San Mateo High School. Just before 10 a.m., campus security confronted the man and asked him to leave the school, according to the San Mateo Police Department. Police said the […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. March 14 2024— A Harrisburg High School teacher and school safety monitor have been placed on leave after engaging in a physical altercation in one of the school’s classrooms on Wednesday morning. According to the Harrisburg School District, a teacher and school safety monitor were involved in a verbal disagreement that escalated to […]
DES PLAINES, IL March 13 2024— The mother of a Maine West student, who had been suspended for fighting at the school, is accused of felony threatening violence to a person at a school. Sandra Soto Hernandez, 41, of the 1800 block of Mannheim Road, was arrested last Wednesday following a nearly two-week investigation into […]
Charlotte NC March 11, 2024 The K-12 School Shooting Database, maintained by researcher David Riedman, found 804 victims have been killed and an additional 2,221 have been wounded in 2,699 incidents since 1966. These findings include every instance in which a gun was fired, brandished, or a bullet hit school property regardless of the number […]
Fridley MN March 11 2024 A school resource officer is recovering in a hospital after being kicked in the head while breaking up a fight Thursday afternoon at Fridley High School. Three teenagers were arrested in connection with the incident, which occurred at about 3:10 p.m. in the parking lot of the school at 6000 […]
Berkeley CA March 10 2024 Private security guards hired by concerned parents of some University of California Berkeley students began patrolling the area around campus late Wednesday following a rash of criminal incidents in the Berkeley area, according to reports. The parent group, under the name SafeBears, hired Streetplus, a safety service provider for downtowns […]
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. March 7 2024 — A security guard at Broken Arrow’s Options Academy is instilling confidence in students with the help of his acoustic guitar. He started giving guitar lessons after talking with the school principal about engaging with students and helping them with something creative. It started three years ago with one student […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. March 5 2024 Academic Influence, an organization consisting of academics and data scientists, listed Purdue University as No. 1 on its list of 15 safest colleges in America. The rankings were determined after consideration of the following elements: Compliance with the Clery Act, various security features, low crime statistics, and mental health services. […]
KATY, Texas March 5 2024 Major changes are coming to the Katy Independent School District, and one in particular may be concerning to parents. According to Katy ISD officials, the district will now have Level 3 security officers with guns on campus at different schools. The change, which starts on Monday, means that guards will be […]
NEW YORK CITY NY MARCH 4 2024 Six people have been accused of running a construction safety and security guard training school that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of training required to earn them. The six, who were employed by Valor Security & Investigations between December 2019 […]