Lexington, Kentucky June 12 2022 – Thirteen K9s have served within the University of Kentucky Police Department (UKPD) since 2004, including an explosive detection K9, Becka, and a narcotics K9, Gus. This year, UKPD is recognizing these K9s and the department’s specialized K9 Unit. Maj. Robb Turner, handler for K9 Becka, started the K9 Unit and […]
Sussex County NJ June 12 2022 Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada is recommending that the county school superintendent seek funding from the State of New Jersey to place an armed security guard in the county’s schools in the aftermath of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed more than 20 people. According to a statement […]
Laredo TX June 9 2022 A Cigarroa High School student has been arrested for assaulting a Laredo ISD police officer while the cop and security guards attempted to break up a fight, authorities said. The Laredo ISD police officer responded to a fight reported at about 2:40 p.m. Feb. 17 in the J500 Hallway of Cigarroa […]
ATLANTA GA June 8 2022 — If you know a teacher, you know that they wear many hats. Teacher. Parent. Counselor. Therapist. Referee. Comedian. Detective. Interior decorator. Event Planner. Nurse. Cheerleader. Coach. The inherent unfairness of their profession is that, despite us all knowing this fact, they get paid in money for only one of those […]
Berkeley CA June 5 2022 Berkeley was shaken this week by news that a 16-year-old boy had been arrested on suspicion of planning a mass shooting and bombing at Berkeley High School and recruiting other students to join him. With the community on high alert after recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, […]
NEW ORLEANS LA June 3rd, 2022 New Orleans police said Wednesday that they have not arrested anyone in the shooting that killed an 80-year-old woman who had come to a university arena to see her grandson graduate from high school. Augustine Greenwood had been excited to see the last of her 15 grandchildren graduate Tuesday, her […]
NEW MILFORD CT June 2 2022— Local police are seeking to hire three armed security guards to be assigned to the town’s schools, according to a posting on a law enforcement recruiting site. Applicants must be retired municipal, state or federal police officers who are eligible to be certified as armed school security officers in […]
Sacramento CA June 1 2022 Private colleges want to change rules for how police respond to trespassing on campus. Students worry the proposal could lead to racial profiling. Private colleges in California want more power to rein in trespassing on their campuses, particularly when people repeatedly enter to harass students. Willful trespassing on the campuses […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio June 1 2022— Ohio Republicans are moving to lower training requirements for teachers who want to carry guns following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School where 19 children and two teachers died. But how low they go may be decided by Sen. Frank Hoagland, R-Mingo Junction. “We did some studies looking at, […]
Fairfax County VA May 28 2022 The school board of Virginia’s largest school system is pushing the superintendent to prioritize upgrades to school security. The Fairfax County School Board on Thursday night passed a motion directing Superintendent Scott Brabrand and his successor, Michelle Reid, to ensure that every county school has a security vestibule […]