Richardson TX August 16 2023 Richardson ISD officials are planning to hire 36 new campus security officers to comply with a new state law requiring armed guards at every Texas school. The security plan, which the RISD board of trustees voted to approve Aug. 10, comes as an exemption to the new law, due to a […]
McKees Rock PA August 15 2023 There’ll be a new school security plan in place when classes resume in one local school district later this month. That plan involves nearly a dozen armed security guards on patrol. Inside the halls of Sto-Rox Jr./Sr. High School, Lauren Ferragonio feels needed by the students. “The best part of […]
San Diego CA August 4th, 2023 San Diego police shot and killed a gunman who fatally wounded a police dog Wednesday in a confrontation at a community college campus, authorities said. The 33-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the confrontation at San Diego Mesa College, according to a statement from San Diego County […]
ALLEN, Texas August 2nd, 2023— School districts in Texas must put someone armed with a gun on every campus this year, per new state law. Allen ISD board members voted Monday to comply with the requirement by hiring a private security firm, L&P Global. “This protocol, this program, has to be built, because it’s the […]
Memphis TN August 2nd, 2023 Police in Tennessee have shot an armed man who they say tried and failed to enter a Jewish school in Memphis before firing his weapon outside it. No-one at the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South was injured in Monday’s incident, which began after noon (18:00 BST). The suspect […]
Bristol CT July 26th, 2023 The older brother of the late New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was arrested for allegedly planning school shootings at the University of Connecticut and Brown University. According to the arrest warrant obtained by News 8, Bristol police said Dennis “DJ” Hernandez, 37, showed signs of being “gravely disabled and a […]
Washington DC July 25th, 2023 The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is asking police for help in addressing crime concerns following recent violence on and around campus ahead of the new academic year. Two fatal July shootings – one on campus and one near campus – and an assault on a recent graduate […]
Austin Texas July 22, 2023 The Austin Independent School District is considering nearly doubling the size of its police department to comply with a new state law that takes effect Sept. 1. House Bill 3 is a piece of sweeping school safety legislation that Texas lawmakers passed this year in response to the Uvalde school […]
Saugerties NY July 20,2023 The Saugerties Central School District will begin interviewing security firms this week following the results of a community survey which saw overwhelming support for armed guards in elementary and secondary schools. Guards are likely to be in all of the district’s schools by the start of the 2023-24 school year. Superintendent […]
New York City NY July 18th, 2023 The nearly 4,000 unarmed school safety agents (SSAs) working in New York City public schools will start wearing bullet-resistant vests. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said all employees assigned to the NYPD School Safety Division will be issued “a durable and lightweight ballistic resistant vest” funded by the […]