Dothan AL July 23 2018 Dothan is trotting out its school protection plan in pieces. A new visitor check-in process will decrease the chance of adults gaining unauthorized access to students and additional measures are expected to be announced. However, Dothan Police Chief Steve Parrish said the addition of 19 school protection officers will be blazing […]
Portland, Oregon July 21 2018 Private security officers responding to an activated alarm at around 3:30 am at a school found damage to the building and signs of an active burglary. Security quickly notified police and waited outside for back-up officers to arrive at the temporary Grant High School on the Marshall campus on Southeast […]
PRINCETON, IN July 20 2018 The North Gibson School Corporation is currently assigned one school resource officer for all of its school buildings. It is the best safety measure that assistant superintendent Eric Goggins said the school system can have. In January, funding for that position will be pulled. “We feel confident that the best school […]
Austin TX July 19 2018 Students have been referred to law enforcement in dramatically higher numbers after the school shootings in Parkland and Santa Fe. A study suggests the arrests show a return to zero-tolerance policies that can harm students. Police officers have long had a presence in public schools. But since the deadly school shootings […]
Fauquier County VA July 19 2018 A total of 109 people have so far applied for 15 new school-security positions planned to ensure all of Fauquier County’s 20 schools are equipped with armed guards when the new school year begins in August. That’s according to Fauquier County Sheriff Bob Mosier, who gave the Fauquier County School […]
BENTONVILLE ARK July 18 2018 — The School Board unanimously agreed Monday to let high school security officers carry guns on campus if they complete the required training. Allowing commissioned school security officers will provide an “extra layer of protection” at the high schools and represents one more step toward improving safety in the School District, […]
BALTIMORE MD July 16 2018 Four Howard County high school students have reportedly been indicted on hate crime charges. The indictments by a Howard County grand jury come after graffiti, which was described as anti-Semitic, anti-LGBT and racist, was found spray-painted on the walls and sidewalks of Glenelg High School in Howard County May 23. According […]
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. July 15 2018 Susquenita School District is adding armed security officers to guard the schools this year, part of an overall security strategy included in the district’s budget that the board approved in June. The move is in-line with options that many other districts in the region are considering to protect their […]
League City TX July 15 2018 Clear Creek ISD’s school safety committee has advised against purchasing metal detectors and arming teachers, instead opting to back the hiring of 15 additional police officers and 15 student support counselors, according to preliminary recommendations. The committee will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. on July 16 to receive […]
Broward County FL July 14 2018 Fifteen Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 14 shooting that left 17 people dead. The lawsuit, filed by 15 plaintiffs, including 13 minors who are being represented by their parents or guardians, alleges school officials and law enforcement failed […]