Gainesville GA July 20 2022 The Gainesville City school board announced at Monday’s meeting that it will be beefing up security in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May that killed two teachers and 19 children. Superintendent Jeremy Williams said they are adding an “additional layer of security,” which will cost […]
Kentucky July 19th, 2022 Among the hundreds of laws passed in the 2022 session of the Kentucky General Assembly that went into effect last week was House Bill 63, a measure requiring a school resource officer, or SRO, in every school in the commonwealth. The law comes three years after the School Safety and Resiliency Act, […]
COBB COUNTY, Ga. July 17 2022– The Cobb County Board of Education voted on Thursday evening to allow non-certified district employees to carry guns inside school buildings at a thunderous meeting. It is a measure the board feels will step up security in the wake of several mass shootings, including the shooting at Robb Elementary […]
TAKOMA PARK, Md. July 16 2022— A 13-year-old girl has been charged with making threats towards a middle school in Montgomery County, according to Takoma Park Police Department. The unidentified teenage girl has been charged with threats of mass violence and telephone misuses after police said a potential threat was made toward Takoma Park Middle […]
Mobile AL July 15 2022 Alabama’s largest public school system is looking at ways to beef up security, from creating its own public safety division to adding more than six times the current number of school resource officers to arming the dozen officers that already patrol the halls in Mobile County Public Schools. An update […]
Gresham OR July 15th 2022 Three metro area school districts may not have school resource officers this coming fall because of a staff shortage at the Gresham Police Department. The school districts that will be affected are Centennial, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds. The City of Gresham said it needs to send officers who are currently in the School […]
Henrico VA July 14 2022 Henrico County Public Schools will request a budget amendment of more than $5 million for security camera upgrades in schools. The request comes after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in May that killed 19 children and two adults as well as what county leaders have called an increase in youth […]
Tallahassee FL July 13 2022 A Florida law known as HB 1421, the school safety bill, breezed through House and Senate and was signed into law by Gov. DeSantis. The new school safety bill takes important steps in the road to ensuring safer schools across Florida. The new legislation aims to prevent mass casualty events […]
Birmingham AL July 13 2022 Former Lansing Police Department Chief Daryl Green has been named the newest chief of police at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Green — who served as LPD chief for just under two years — retired from the department last year before joining Michigan State University. He will serve as […]
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. July 11 2022 A Kentucky school district has banned middle and high school students from using backpacks to address safety concerns. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Knox County Schools will implement the policy when students return to school in August. School spokesperson Frank Shelton says the policy will prevent students from using a […]