CHAPEL HILL, N.C. June 17 2021— A Burlington man was taken into custody on Tuesday on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus after several guns were found in his vehicle, authorities said. A campus security guard at the UNC Campus Health Center found a man sleeping in his truck and called the […]
PORTLAND OR June 14 2021 Portland State University announced Friday it will keep their campus security officers unarmed moving forward. In a statement on PSU’s website, President Stephen Percy said Campus Public Safety Chief Willie Halliburton has committed to beginning unarmed campus patrols no later than Sept. 1, before the start of the fall term. “I […]
LAS VEGAS NV June 12 2021— A former middle school security monitor in Las Vegas is behind bars on one count of attempted luring of a child and one count of unlawful contact with a minor. The Clark County School District Police Department arrested 28-year-old Andre Fleming on Wednesday. He was booked into the Clark […]
Citrus County FL June 12 2021 To comply with Alyssa’s Alert requirements for the upcoming school year, both Citrus County and Lee County school districts are implementing badge-based panic alarm systems. The law, named after Parkland shooting victim Alyssa Alhadeff mandates Florida public and charter schools to install a panic alarm system activated by a […]
Roanoke VA June 11 2021 A student was wounded by gunfire Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of the Berglund Center as his classmates gathered inside to rehearse for graduation. The victim, a teenage boy, sustained injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening, police said. Witnesses said it looked like he had been struck in the arm. […]
Oswego, N.Y June 11 2021— A woman has been charged with pointing a loaded shotgun at a passing school bus Tuesday afternoon in the city of Oswego. At the time, four children were on the bus, police said. No shots were fired. Rita M. Powers, 42, of Oswego, has been charged with reckless endangerment. Her […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. June 11 2021 Authorities have arrested a Medical University of South Carolina employee who is accused of firing a gun at her ex-boyfriend who police said was deflating her tires at a campus parking garage. The MUSC Department of Public Safety arrested 28-year-old Quinntessa Shine on Monday on charges of domestic violence of a […]
New York City NY June 9 2021 Parents and activists are pleading for school safety agents to stay in public schools and be kept under the jurisdiction of the NYPD, and not the Department of Education. They are concerned with rising crime and gang violence in schools as recent calls have come to defund the police […]
El Paso TX June 6 2021 A 30-year-old mother who was arrested after posing as her daughter at a San Elizario Independent School District campus says in a YouTube video that she did it to push or better security. Casey Garcia, 30, of San Elizario is accused of posing as a high school student. Casey […]
Charlotte NC June 6 2021 When activism following George Floyd’s murder began heating up last spring, schools around the country responded with statements of support for Black lives. But a handful of districts took swift and concrete action: They cut contracts with police departments, ending school resource officer programs that had long been both a mainstay […]