Haverhill MA March 20 2020 Northern Essex Community College, following a security assessment completed last fall, is creating its own police department. The college becomes the 13th community college in Massachusetts to have armed police officers on campus and will begin by hiring a captain to lead its hybrid force of police officers and security guards […]
Gaffney SC March 13 2020 Limestone College is moving forward with plans to transition a portion of its Campus Safety operation to establish a police department. The Board of Trustees voted recently for Limestone to begin developing a strategy for the change. According to Chief William Petty, the department is currently working with the South […]
STAUNTON VA March 11 2020 A Richmond man was arrested Friday after the Staunton Police Department said they identified the suspect involved in the Feb. 22 armed robbery on the campus of Mary Baldwin University. Tyrek I. Brandon, 18, was arrested by the Richmond Police Department. Brandon has been charged by the Staunton Police Department with […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala March 10 2020 UPDATE (3/9): The Tuscaloosa Police Department and the Violent Crimes Unit have released information on the deadly shooting at Stillman College Monday morning. According to authorities, a subject was found deceased at 4:20 a.m. on the college’s campus. The subject was later identified as 22-year-old Davanta Anderson. TPD says a person […]
CLOVIS, Calif. March 10 2020 Clovis police were called around 1:30 Sunday morning to Alta Sierra Middle School for a report of a large party. When police got to the school they found about 300 people were partying inside the school gym. Police say there was a DJ with lights and lots of alcohol and marijuana. […]
Reading PA March 10 2020 Reading police narcotics units were called to an Albright College dormitory last week after campus security discovered marijuana and cannabis products in a room they thought had been vacated, officials said. Albright security made the discovery Wednesday afternoon after checking the room in North Hall, 1965 Linden St., which was […]
BRIDGEWATER MA March 9 2020— A Bridgewater State University professor has been suspended after he was charged this week with raping a female student inside his office at the college in October. Nicholas R. Pirelli, 36, of 46 Cliffside Drive, Plymouth, was arrested Wednesday by the Bridgewater State University Police Department in connection with an […]
Chicago IL March 9 2020 A gun found Friday by students at Catherine Cook School in Old Town has been linked to an off-duty Chicago police officer who works security and is now the subject of an internal affairs investigation. The three girls were in a women’s washroom about 2:30 p.m. at the school, located at […]
Beaufort County SC March 9 2020 The Beaufort County school board is considering a plan that would put armed security personnel in every public school, including elementary schools. There are currently 17 armed school resource officers (SROs) in Beaufort County schools. They include officers from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Bluffton Police Department and Beaufort […]
Middlebury VT March 8 2020 — Middlebury College suffered a tragic loss over the weekend. “I write to you this morning in profound sadness to report the accidental death of a student in the Middlebury College community,” wrote President Laurie Patton in an announcement posted on the college website Saturday. Will Nash, 21, a senior at […]