COLUMBUS OH Feb 16 2019 Controlled door access, visitor screening and mass notification systems are the most common measures used in Ohio schools to protect kids and teachers, according to a new statewide survey sent to 5,620 buildings. Panic buttons, radio hookups to first responders, protective windows and physical barriers are used in fewer schools, […]
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. Feb 15 2019– A West Virginia Wesleyan College student has been arrested after officers recovered marijuana and a firearm in his dorm room. On Monday, February 11, officers with the Buckhannon Police Department were notified by Wesleyan Security officers that they had received information about an odor of what appeared to be marijuana […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. February 14 2019 They are two of the most troubled schools in Nashville and starting March 1, both Bass W.A. Alternative School and Johnson Alternative Learning Center will be without School Resource Officers. The decision to pull the three Metro Nashville Police officers has been in the works for nearly a month. School Resources […]
West Babylon NY February 14 2019 Armed security guards will be deployed in West Babylon schools starting in the fall under a resolution approved Tuesday night by the school board, district officials said. Eight trustees on the nine-member board voted in favor of a resolution allowing the superintendent to authorize security personnel to carry a […]
Evanston ILL February 14 2019 A former security guard at Evanston Township High School was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a student in November 2018, Evanston police said. Michael Haywood, 33, of Evanston, turned himself in to Evanston police on Tuesday and was charged with criminal sexual assault by a person in authority, said police Commander […]
Palmetto FL February 12 2019 By the end of February, the students at Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto, Fla., will see two former combat veterans in body armor roaming the grounds, each carrying a 9-millimeter Glock handgun and a semiautomatic rifle with a 17-inch barrel. If an armed intruder were to enter the […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. February 11 2019 — A JCPS school security monitor is charged with assault and accused of hitting a student at Price Elementary School Monday. A police report said Quentin Spencer, 27, punched a 12-year-old student in the chest and knocked him back into a wall, causing the student to hit his head. Latoya Rainey, […]
YULEE, Fla. Feb 10 2019 – Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper on Friday handed certificates to two men and one woman, certifying them as the county’s first-ever school guardians. The Guardian Program was approved by the Florida Legislature last year and signed into law after the school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland […]
Everett WA Feb 10 2019 A security sergeant at Everett Community College rushed to help a woman who was injured from a fall and covered in snow. As Sgt. Nick Aldrich was finishing up his patrol Monday on the east side of Broadway, he saw a pile of snow near the intersection on the northwest corner […]
BALTIMORE MD February 9 2019 A special education assistant at a Baltimore high school was wounded by gunfire Friday after confronting an armed intruder trying to enter the sprawling building. Officials sprang into lockdown mode as the sound of gunshots reverberated through the building packed with students. A 25-year-old man entered the Frederick Douglass High School […]