ITHACA, N.Y. November 9 2021 Police and SWAT units responded to bomb threats at Cornell, Columbia and Brown universities Sunday. Cornell University tweeted its first alert around 2 p.m. telling people to avoid multiple buildings. A few hours later, the school said the bomb threat was ongoing and police were sweeping buildings on campus. […]
CHICAGO IL Nov 8 2021 – The CEO of Chicago Public Schools is promising to do better after there were reports of teachers, administrators and security guards cleaning schools. The Sun-Times says Clarence Carson is out as the schools’ Facilities Chief. This comes after complaints from parents and staff about dirty conditions at multiple schools. […]
FAIRFIELD, Iowa Nov 7 2021 The Jefferson County Attorney said Thursday that human remains discovered in a park in Fairfield, Iowa, belong to a woman who was reported missing Wednesday and that two teens have been charged in her death. County Attorney Chauncey Moulding said in a news release that the remains found in Chautauqua Park […]
Eugene OR Nov 6 2021 A 37-year-old armed man was taken into custody Thursday morning on the University of Oregon campus after he allegedly held two students hostage in Hamilton Hall and set off a fire alarm in the UO Knight Law Center. The man was taken into custody without incident after the hostages were […]
Pomona CA November 5 2021 The Pomona Unified School Board voted unanimously to hire two school resource officers, less than four months after the board had approved a budget that did not include funding for the community school resource officer program. “This is a decision we don’t take lightly,” said board member Adrienne Konigar-Macklin. “I do […]
ALEXANDRIA, La. November 5 2021 It’s no secret that Alexandria, Louisiana has seen an uptick in crime. Researchers at safewise.com have been looking at crime data to help potential college students find safe places to study. As they analyzed the data from around the country, they found that Alexandria made the list as the number one […]
NEW YORK NY November 3 2021 Six school safety agents were injured during a fight that broke out at a Manhattan high school Wednesday sparked by a social media dispute, sources told the Daily News. According to the outlet, the brawl happened at the Washington Irving High School campus in Gramercy around lunchtime when a […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. November 2 2021 After another violent outbreak in a city school, the teachers union is calling for immediate action to get the most disruptive students out. Teachers are stepping up in trying to create safety solutions for their students. One teacher, who was recently attacked by one of her students, says school support […]
SOUTH BEND IN Nov 2 2021 — Amid ongoing discussions about whether police should be stationed inside South Bend schools, the district is working with a private company that is recruiting police officers to cover a shortage in security guards. District administrators say they are relying on a company they have used in the past, Trinity […]
Austin TX October 31 2021 The University of Texas received 1,415 reports from employees of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking incidents during the last academic year, but only a few were eligible to be investigated. Senate Bill 212, passed in 2019, requires public and private universities to publicly share reports of certain incidents […]