Brookfield CT August 25, 2022 Voters have approved spending nearly $600,000 to hire armed and unarmed security personnel at the town’s public schools, after a contentious discussion that brought about 200 residents to the high school auditorium. The lengthy debate held during a more than two-hour meeting mostly centered on whether the school district should hire […]
Lincoln County MS. Aug 24, 2022 For the first time in its history, the Lincoln County School District has its own police force. On Monday, Superintendent David Martin swore in five school resource officers who will work to protect and serve the students and staff at the schools. The new officers are Lance Lewis, West […]
BROWNSVILE, TX August 23 22 Authorities in Brownsville are investigating an alleged disturbance at an area school that resulted in three arrests. According to a press release that was captured by CBS 4 Rio Grande Valley, the Brownsville Independent School District announced that at around 9 a.m. authorities responded to a call regarding suspicious activity at […]
New York August 22nd, 2022 The City University of New York’s security force is so understaffed that campuses are dangerously “vulnerable” amid surging crime in the Big Apple, insiders told The Post. The university system’s public safety department has plummeted 40 percent to about 900 sworn officers and security assistants — down from some 1,500 […]
Orangeburg SC Aug 27 2022 A man fired a gun at a security guard on Orangeburg County School District-owned property around midnight Friday. An Orangeburg Department of Public Safety officer was dispatched to assist the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office at the Nix Building at 770 Stilton Road in reference to a subject discharging a handgun […]
Chesterfield County VA August 21 2022 A counselor for the state’s largest public school system kept his job for more than a year and a half after his arrest in Chesterfield County on charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Virginia has processes in place to prevent sex offenders from working in K-12 schools, but […]
Little Rock AR Aug 19 2022 The Little Rock School District security officers are preparing for the school to start next with their annual training. Ron Self, the district’s director for safety and security said part of their training included CRASE, which means civilian response to an active shooter event. According to Self, keeping everyone on […]
HENRY COUNTY, Va. Aug 17 2022 A teenage boy is facing multiple weapons charges after a loaded pistol was discovered at a Henry County high school on Tuesday, less than a week into the new school year. According to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Bassett High School faculty learned about a student in possession of a […]
Gainesville GA August 17, 2022 The Gainesville City school board on Monday, Aug. 15, presented the first draft of a new policy allowing security guards to carry weapons on campus. In July, the school system approved $1 million in funding to hire an armed security guard at each of its nine schools, as well as […]
La Feria, TX August 15 2022 The La Feria Independent School District on Friday voted to hire armed security guards for all of the district’s campuses. It’s the first time the district will have armed security. The decision is an effort by the school district to shorten response time in case of an emergency. “Even though […]