MEMPHIS, Tenn. January 6th, 2024 Memphis police arrested a woman on Wednesday for an altercation back in October 2023 where she brought a gun to Westside Middle School and threatened to kill a security officer, according to MPD. Cashara Cobbins, 36, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of carrying a weapon […]
Perry IA January 5th, 2024 A sixth-grade student was killed and five other people were injured during a shooting at Perry High School in Iowa on Thursday morning, authorities said at a Thursday afternoon press conference. The shooter, a 17-year-old student at the school identified as Dylan Butler, was discovered dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound […]
Spartanburg SC January 4th, 2024 The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a fatal shooting by a campus security officer at the Spartanburg Methodist College. It was the first law enforcement-involved shooting of the year in South Carolina. The shooting occurred on the morning of Jan. 1 on the college’s campus less than 10 […]
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas January 3 2024 Fort Bend Independent School District announced Tuesday that all 51 elementary schools will now have designated armed security officers on campus when students return from winter break. The decision was made after the support from the Fort Bend community during the recent voter-approved tax rate election. During a December […]
TORRANCE, Calif. January 1 2024 Deputies in California say they’ve made an arrest after a woman in her 60s was attacked and killed with a sledgehammer on a college campus. The assault happened on Christmas Eve at El Camino College in Torrance. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says the woman was collecting recyclables when she […]
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. January 1 2024— Broward school campuses would be protected by a school district-run police force starting next year, under a proposal the School Board will soon consider. By 2026, a 400-member police force would fully replace the 260 school resource officers now provided by the Broward Sheriff’s Office and city police departments, […]
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. Nov.4 2023 Four years after the Clay County School District voted to implement district school police officers following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, board members voted Thursday to reverse that decision and turn over school security to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. In 2019, the Clay County School District made […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Nov. 4 2023 A former Lee High School security guard and softball coach, who was indicted for sexual contact with a student under the age of 19, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Gregory Lankford pleaded guilty to a harassment charge, rather than sexual contact. According to court documents, as part of the […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. November 3, 2023— A school security officer at Warwick High School has been placed on administrative leave after an incident Thursday left a student injured, according to a statement from Newport News Public Schools. The NNPS statement says that the student was struck in the face. Michelle Price, Director of Public Information […]
Loudon County VA November 1 2023 At least eight Virginia students have non-fatally overdosed on opioids, including seven in the last three weeks, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Four overdoses occurred at Park View High School with Narcan administered in three of those cases, and in two of those cases, school staff […]