Madison WI June 8 2020 Madison’s teachers union is shifting its stance on school-based police officers and is now advocating they be taken out of the city’s main high schools — but only if 33 additional support staff are hired. In a statement Sunday, Madison Teachers Inc. said it backs the removal of school resource […]
Sacramento CA June 7 2020 Should police officers continue to be in schools? Some major cities across the U.S. are grappling with that question. Schools in several major cities have cut or are considered cutting school resource officer positions and ending their relationships with local police departments, local news outlets report. A school resource officer […]
HAWTHORNE NJ June 7 2020 — A school security guard has been suspended from duty for allegedly posting derogatory remarks about the Black Lives Matter crusade and its supporters to his personal Facebook page. Scott Verrone, 55, a retired police officer, was removed from his $25-per-hour post at the high school after declaring the movement “nothing […]
New York NY June 7 2020 As protests across the country force a reckoning over police violence and city police crack down on local demonstrators, advocates are ratcheting up calls for New York City schools to sever ties with the police department. The New York Police Department stations thousands of safety officers in city schools, […]
New York City NY June 7 2020 Hundreds of educrats in the city Department of Education’s central office have signed a letter to Chancellor Richard Carranza urging schools to cut ties with the NYPD. The letter urges the removal of unarmed school safety agents who guard students and staff from NYPD control, and retraining them as […]
Denver CO June 6 2020 Two members of the Denver school board on Friday called for the removal of police officers from the city’s public schools by 2021, saying law enforcement personnel not only are unnecessary on campuses, but detrimental to students of color. The push by Denver Board of Education vice president Jennifer Bacon and […]
Miamar FL June 5 2020 Police are searching for a man who broke into a high school in Miramar, Fla., on Memorial Day and caused as much as $100,000 in damage — all while naked. The Miami Herald reports that the suspect is seen on surveillance video vandalizing Miramar High School for nearly 24 hours. […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. June 4 2020 For a third straight night, protesters gathered in Lynchburg to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Tuesday night, they gathered in front of Liberty University to protest against LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. after he recently sent what critics referred to as a racially-insensitive tweet. Everyone has seen the […]
CHICO, Calif. June 4 2020— Three people have been arrested in connection to the arson that took place on the Chico State campus on Sunday, May 31. Around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, three planter boxes were lit on fire on campus property along Normal Avenue. Then, just before 4:30 a.m., an on-duty Public Safety Dispatcher […]
Minneapolis MN June 3 2020 Minneapolis public schools are terminating their contract with the city’s police department following the death of George Floyd. The city’s public school board unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday night that will end the district’s contract with the Minneapolis police department to use officers to provide school security. The Minneapolis […]