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 […]
TEMPE, Ariz. July 10 2022 – Board members of the Tempe Union High School District voted to phase out school resource officers (SROs) on during a late night meeting on Wednesday. After hearing from former law enforcement, students and parents during public comment, the board made the controversial 3-2 decision to get rid of all […]
Cache County UT July 7 2022 A man suspected of lewdness and placing “pornographic” images on vehicles parked at Utah State University was arrested Sunday, according to authorities. Anderson Bectemba Barnes, 44, was booked into the Cache County Jail on suspicion of third-degree possession of a firearm by a restricted person as well as misdemeanor […]
Harrisburg PA July 3rd, 2022 A bill meant to ease the hiring of campus police officers by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has passed the state House and was referred Wednesday to the state Senate Law and Justice Committee. On Monday state representatives voted 200-0 to approve House Bill 1988, which would place campus […]
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. June 25 2022 A new school safety program will place part-time deputies in school hallways and on school grounds, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The new program, which will begin August of 2022, is called ‘The Shield Program’. The sheriff’s office says deputies will be placed in every school in the […]
CARY, N.C. June 23 2022 Wake County School Board members requested a district-wide security assessment long before Uvalde, but the school massacre in Texas was certainly top of mind tonight as the board heard an overview of the assessment and voted on whether to keep police officers in the county schools. With the horror of […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. June 22 2022 A 13-year-old student at Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School in Fort Washington, Md., will be charged after bringing a loaded gun to school Tuesday, according to a spokesperson with the Prince George’s County Police Department. The student showed other students, one of whom reported it, police said. The school […]
Lincoln NE June 21 2022 The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Police Department is bringing a new four-legged public servant into its ranks. Hershey, a black and white doodle breed, is preparing to graduate from Domesti-Pups and will assume therapy dog duties with university police. Domesti-Pups is a Lincoln-based organization that specializes in canine training. The organization also […]
Houston TX June 21 2022 In the 1980s, police officers were “almost nonexistent” in the Klein Independent School District north of Houston, according to David Kimberly, chief of the district’s police department. There were only a few Harris County sheriff’s deputies on shift at any time during the day, he said, so it was difficult […]
Oxford MI June 20 2022 A group of students who attend a Michigan high school where a deadly mass shooting took place late last year are suing the district to force policy changes ahead of the new academic year. About 20 students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Oxford Community School District and several […]