MANASSAS, Va. October 30 2022 Two 14-year-old students at Unity Reed High School in Manassas were charged on Friday after exchanging a gun on school grounds, Prince William County police (PWCPD) said. The school’s security officer was notified of the incident and was able to identify both students, PWCPD confirmed. The gun was then allegedly recovered […]
ST. LOUIS MO October 28 2022 Monday mornings will never be the same for Capt. Misty Dobynes. She was one of the first armed officers to confront an active shooter at Central Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) High School. “I could hear over the radio. He said they shooting in the main building,” said Dobynes, St. […]
EAST HAMPTON, Conn. October 27 2022 East Hampton will hire three more armed security guards for its schools following a vote Tuesday evening at a town meeting. About 100 people voted in favor of appropriating $85,000 from the 2023 fiscal year budget to hire the three employees. The funds will be used to hire, train, equip […]
ST LOUIS MO Oct 25 2022— A gunman broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning warning, “You are all going to die!” before fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl, and wounding six others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The attack just after 9 a.m. at Central Visual […]
SALISBURY, N.C. October 25, 2022 — Salisbury police are investigating after two people were shot at Livingstone College Saturday night during a concert. Students returned to campus Monday for the first time since a fight sparked the shooting during the school’s homecoming events, according to the Salisbury Police Department. In an update given by police on […]
Berkeley CA October 23 2022 The University of California, Berkeley has hired a private security company to patrol an area around campus following a fatal shooting near the school earlier this month that has heightened concerns about crime. In a statement, the university said it contracted with Treeline Security, a private company based out of […]
MILLVILLE NJ Oct 21 2022 — The city school system is in the process of stationing armed private security guards at all nine of its schools, supplementing its own security personnel as well as two city police officers assigned to the district. The company KD National Force Security is supplying the guards, one per school and […]
Los Angeles CA October 19 2022 As a parent in South Los Angeles, Prentis Hill has no doubt where he stands in the debate over school police and whether to eliminate them. He wants more security in schools — citing an incident of a student allegedly bringing a gun onto his son’s middle school campus last […]
Seattle WA October 18 2022 After a violent return to school for students at the University of Washington, school officials along with the U-District Partnership are adding unarmed security guards to patrol one of the busiest areas. The two unarmed guards will patrol University Way Northeast and Brooklyn Avenue Northeast between Northeast 42nd and Northeast […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. Oct 18 2022 Gainesville City Schools have hired 10 armed security guards. In a news release, the Gainesville City School System said each elementary and middle school will be assigned its own guard; two guards will go to Gainesville High School. “We were encouraged to have more than 50 applicants for this new […]