Townson MD July 8 2021 A new program to provide transparency, accountability for Towson University Office of Public Safety is being launched. The Towson University’s Office of Public Safety is equipping its uniformed patrol officers with body-worn cameras, making it the first institution in the University System of Maryland (USM) to fully do so. TU […]
Prince George County MD July 7 2021 When students at Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS), in Maryland, returned to their classrooms this spring after a year of virtual schooling, their transportation was now being managed via an Internet of Things (IoT)-based solution that tracks traffic violators around buses and leverages fees incurred from violators […]
RIO RANCHO, N.M. July 4 2021 Three families are suing Rio Rancho Public Schools and a long-time school security guard. They claim that the security guard used his position to sexually abuse and harass students. “It is kind of a parent’s worst nightmare,” Jason Bowles, an attorney representing the victims, said. Three male students at Cleveland […]
Pomona CA July 2 2021 Pomona Unified School District will no longer have dedicated police officers assigned to its campuses, Superintendent Richard Martinez confirmed on Tuesday, June 29. After months of conversations between local advocacy groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, funding for community school resource officers with the Pomona Police Department […]
Loudon County VA June 30 2021 The Loudoun County School Board shut down the public comment portion of a rowdy public meeting amid disruptions over lessons on race and a proposed policy on treatment of transgender students. Parents sang the national anthem, chanted “Shame on you” and waved signs that said, “We the parents stand up” […]
MIDDLETOWN CT June 28 2021 — Amid calls to remove police officers from the city’s schools, an education board committee has voted to mostly keep them, while adjusting the program. The student resource officer exploratory committee was asked to vote on 11 points on whether to eliminate police in the schools or make changes to the […]
San Jose CA June 27 2021 After nearly a yearlong debate, San Jose education leaders are booting police officers from San Jose Unified School District campuses—at least for the next school year. The school board Thursday considered a contract between the district and the San Jose Police Department, along with a resolution to limit police […]
ST LOUIS MO June 26 2021– A man is dead after a Saint Louis University security officer saw him holding two firearms early Friday morning on Locust Street. The commander of the Homicide Unit Lt. Scott Aubuchon said the SLU security officer encountered the man at 3301 Locust Street at 12:31 a.m. Aubuchon said at […]
Minneapolis MN June 26 2021 University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel has announced in an email to students and faculty that university police will be deployed to patrol nearby neighborhoods that are not part of campus and will assist with calls that the Minneapolis police are too short-staffed to respond to. Citing “shared concern and frustration” […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. June 25 2021- Police say a Glendale medical student was arrested after she threatened to kill several other students and bomb the school’s campus. According to court documents, 29-year-old Mona Asadi sent out a mass email to about 200 students on June 9, naming victims that she allegedly wanted to kill. Investigators accuse Asadi […]