PATERSON, N.J. October 21 2021— One week after a lockdown at a Paterson high school over reports of a student with a gun, the New Jersey city’s school district will meet Wednesday night, Oct. 20, to vote on whether or not to allow off-duty police officers to serve as school security. With an increase I […]
Berkley CA October 20 2021 Two men approached a group of students on the Berkeley High School campus Friday morning, flashed a gun and then left, authorities report. The men were “looking for a particular student,” according to an email BHS Principal Juan Raygoza sent to the school community just before 9:20 p.m. Friday, about 13 […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 18 2021— The City of Alexandria’s Council has reversed itself on a controversial decision in May to pull police out of schools, reinstating them as of Monday, Oct. 18. The school system announced Wednesday afternoon that School Resource Officers, known as SROs, will be back in Alexandria City High School and all […]
Grambling LA October 18 2021 A gunman opened fire on a group of students at Grambling State University early on Sunday, leaving one person dead several others wounded. The shooter opened fire at about 1 a.m. outside a dining hall where students were celebrating a homecoming event — forcing attendees to lockdown and shelter in […]
Nashville TN October 18 2021 Police have reported a robbery at an area high school where the student was robbed in a restroom. The Hunters Lane School Resource Officer says 4 students robbed a teen in the school and fled. 18-year-old Tyrone Anthony Johnson Jr posted a $5,000 cash bond just 3 hours after his […]
Mobile AL October 17 2021 Four people were shot in the exit ramp from a stadium during a high school football game Friday night in Mobile, Alabama, officials said. Two of the four victims were juveniles, Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine said during a media briefing outside of the Ladd-Peebles Sports and Entertainment Complex. Three men […]
Evans County GA October 14 2021 At a brief ceremony held in the Joseph E. Kennedy Building at Ogeechee Technical College on Thursday, September 30, Director for Campus Safety, Ryan McNeal, and OTC Officer, Kelli Powers, were sworn in as deputies of the Evans County Sheriff’s Department by Sheriff Mac Edwards. “It is great to have […]
STAMFORD CT October 14 2021 At least a dozen students in Stamford have been arrested and charged after fights broke out at their high schools, and district administrators say they are working on ways to defuse bad behavior by teens. Videos alleged to be of the fights in Stamford, which were filmed and posted on […]
Chapel Hill NC October 13 2021 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has canceled classes on Tuesday and given students a “wellness day” while campus authorities investigate two possible suicides over the weekend. The decision came after a student was found dead in a residence hall Saturday morning and police received a call […]
KITCHENER Canada October 12 2021– Mental health workers will be available to help campus security officers respond to student calls at the University of Guelph this year. The mental health intervention program is designed to help students in crisis, the university said in a news release. Mental health workers will be available four days a […]