Montgomery County MD May 13 2021 There will be no police stationed in Montgomery County schools when the next academic year begins, the district’s school board confirmed on Tuesday. Instead, planning is underway on an alternate program to provide “adequate local law enforcement coverage,” as required by state law. The school board on Tuesday reviewed a […]
Miami-Dade FL May 13 2021 With a backpack slung over her shoulders, a painting under one arm and a skateboard under the other, a woman wandered the halls of a Miami-Dade high school on Monday, distributing fliers with her social media handle to students, prosecutors said. But Audrey Francisquini was not actually a student at […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. May 12 2021— The Prince George’s County school district will begin reducing the number of school investigators in July. This comes after a recommendation by the county’s Police Reform Task Force was accepted by the CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools. “There is no change in the status of School […]
Boulder CO May 12 2021 Students who receive University of Colorado Police Department (CUPD) tickets for lower-level offenses or first-time infractions have traditionally faced a potentially long road to get past their mistakes. But that will soon change thanks to a new program the department will roll out in May. Compared to a traditional criminal summons […]
Tuscaloosa County AL May 12 2021 The Tuscaloosa County School System in Alabama has partnered with school safety technology company Gaggle, to provide SpeakUp for Safety, a tip line for students, parents and school employees. The school system serves more than 30 elementary, middle and high schools. TCSS and Gaggle will provide a way for […]
Newark OH May 12 2021 Last week, a communication error on the campus of Ohio State University at Newark in Newark, Ohio, led to a student and a research staff member seeing guns pointed in their direction as they were unaware that they were in the middle of a scheduled police training exercise and that the […]
Charlottesville VA May 11 2021 Nearly a year after voting to remove school resource officers from buildings, the Charlottesville School Board will hear details this coming week about a new path forward. That new path could include hiring care and safety assistants who would monitor hallways and and build relationships with students, as well as […]
Lewiston ME May 10 2021 Bates College officials have decided to take away the batons carried by its security officers this week, following a petition signed by 18 groups and 546 people. The petition by the Bates Leftist Coalition and the Bates Restorative and Transformative Justice Coalition called for the removal of batons and handcuffs […]
Columbia SC May 10 2021 A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said. Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident “a very scary situation,” but said none of the 18 children on […]
Rigby, Idaho May 8 2021 A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said. The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve […]