Raleigh NC Feb 20 2021 A doubled fee included in student tuition is projected to bring a raise for campus police salaries and improve officer retention at App State, and other UNC System schools. The cost of campus security for each UNC System student currently stands at $30, but with new action from the UNC Board […]
New York City NY Feb 6 2021 Nearly 70 candidates for City Council seats across the city are pledging to push for a complete removal of police from city schools, arguing last year’s promise to shift school safety supervision from the NYPD to the Education Department didn’t go far enough. “In the last budget we […]
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. Feb 4 2021 Nearly a year after ending its school resource officer (SRO) program through the Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD), Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) is putting together a new program to take its place. The county tells NBC29 that despite the ending of the SRO program – which came under fire […]
Baton Rouge LA Feb 3 2021 A 19-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with a Jan. 27 armed robbery and shooting on Southern University’s campus, police documents said. Deamoniee Hawkins, 19, who is not a Southern University student, was charged in the armed robbery. On Jan. 27 just before 1 p.m., the Southern Police Department […]
Olive Hill KY Feb 3 2021 Law enforcement officials say an eastern Kentucky teacher has been arrested after allegedly attempting to hire someone to kill his mother. According to arrest records, Bill G. Reynolds, 41, of Olive Hill, was charged with solicitation of murder and is being held in a Carter County detention center. Reynolds worked […]
BATESVILLE, Ark. February 2 2021 Batesville Police are investigating after a Lyon College student was found dead in their dorm room. According to Batesville Police Chief Alan Cockrill, BPD was notified around 12:38 p.m. on Saturday of an unresponsive student at Lyon College. Investigators are currently working the case, and Lyon College is cooperating with the […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Feb 2 2021 A Johnson & Wales University student is facing criminal charges after an incident early Saturday morning led to the lockdown of a dormitory. The university said police were called to The Cove residence hall — about a mile from JWU’s down-city campus — following the discovery of two firearms and apparent bullet […]
GALVESTON TX Jan 31 2021 Two Texas A&M University students died on campus within hours of each other, in apparently separate incidents that left the small campus on Pelican Island in mourning Friday. Over the course of about 14 hours, school officials confirmed Brandon Perlowski, 23, a cadet in the Texas Maritime Academy from […]
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. Jan 30 2021 The University of Illinois Police’s “party patrol” will be hitting the streets as students return to campus for the new semester. Officers said their party patrol “is a group of Student Patrol officers and police officers who have been specially assigned to respond to calls of parties in the Campustown […]
Provo UT Jan 27 2021 Brigham Young University’s police force is here to stay. State officials announced Tuesday that they won’t appeal an administrative law judge’s decision to dismiss the state’s effort to strip the private university of its police powers. That decision ended a two-year battle where the Department of Public Safety took […]