GREENVILLE, S.C. January 31, 2024 School security officers stopped a man from attempting to enter an area high school after several students saw the man trying to come through a door. Police were called and the man was taken into custody and faces several charges. Police say they were called just before 9:30 a.m. to […]
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. January 28, 2024 Local law enforcement officers have recently called into question the effectiveness of a bill proposed in the House of Delegates that would give private, public and religious charter schools the ability to hire security guards. While the ability to secure West Virginia schools is “vitally important,” the current writing of the […]
Pulaski County Arkansas January 24th, 2024 The Arkansas State Police announced the arrest a Little Rock man on felony manslaughter charges related to the death of a Pulaski County Special School District security guard in 2023. Desmond Chukwunwike Nkala, 55, was arrested for the Aug. 14 incident that claimed the life of Victor Montgomery, 62, […]
Wheaton MD January 24th, 2024 A verbal and physical fight called “dangerous and unacceptable” by John F. Kennedy High School’s principal began in the stands of a basketball game with Richard Montgomery High School Jan. 18 and continued after the game ended. Two security officials were slightly injured, and a Montgomery County police officer was pushed. […]
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill .January 22nd, 2024 — An 18-year-old University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student was found dead on campus Saturday morning. Akul Dhawan was found around 11 a.m. Saturday. A university employee found Dhawan on the back porch of a building in the 1200 block of West Nevada Street. Police officers and Emergency Medical Services were […]
HIGH POINT, N.C. Jan 20 2024 A man who was arrested for attempting to sexually assault two High Point University students has been found guilty. In 2021, Phillippe Joseph Warren Saieed drove to the High Point University campus and broke into a dormitory, where he attempted to sexually assault two students who fought him off. He […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska January 20th, 2024 A Dimond High School security guard and basketball coach has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree. Kylelle Brown worked at Dimond High School, but as of Thursday, his information had been taken off the school website. Court documents list Brown as being born in 1994 […]
CHARLESTON WV January 13, 2024 — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a bill passed Friday by the Republican-controlled state Senate. Republican Sen. Eric Tarr of Putnam County said the bill was brought to him by retired […]
Pittsburgh PA January 13th, 2024 A school district in Allegheny County cut ties with a security company after a school security guard who was employed by the company was accused of having sex with a student. The action to accept the resignation of the Homeland Intelligence and Protective Services company came one month after the news […]
Salt Lake City Utah 1january 11th, 2024 Lawmakers looking to bolster school security are proposing arming teachers and school employees, or at least incentivizing them to take firearms training. Two bills have been introduced ahead of the 2024 legislative session that deal with arming school employees — one seeks to implement a “guardian program,” where school […]