Gwinnett County GA July 13 2018 Before Villie Jones was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting four South Gwinnett High School students, administrators ignored evidence that the band teacher was abusing teenage girls, a lawsuit says. One of Jones’ alleged victims has sued Gwinnett County Public Schools, and multiple employees, alleging the district worked to cover […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL July 13 2018 A lawsuit has been filled on behalf of a Huntsville student who was injured after an encounter with a school security guard. Steven Franklin, a student at Mae Jemison High School, had to go to the intensive care unit with a severe head injury in May following the incident. Video […]
VIRGINIA BEACH VA July 12 2018 More practice for handling emergencies. Securing school entrances. Increased mental health staffing. Those are some of the 11 recommendations from a group that met over the past few months to evaluate security within Virginia Beach’s school system. The panel of police, city, Navy and school personnel was created in […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. July 12 2018– A former security guard at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg School was arrested and charged for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, police said. Police obtained 27 warrants against 26-year-old Mario McIlwain, who is charged with nine counts of sex act by a custodian, seven counts of statutory rape, two counts of statutory sex […]
Chicago IL July 12 2018 A 6-year-old girl in Chicago was handcuffed and detained at school by a security guard who reportedly said he was teaching her a “f*****g lesson”. The girl’s “crime” was taking a piece of dessert to school with her lunch. Madisyn Wordlow had marks on her wrists from the handcuffs placed on […]
TWIN FALLS ID July 11 2018 — The Twin Falls School District will hire 15 unarmed school security paraprofessionals for next school year. School trustees voted unanimously Monday night to endorse the proposal. It will cost $375,000, the equivalent of about $25,000 per employee, including salary and benefits. The 2017-18 school year was the deadliest at school […]
Denver CO July 9 2018 What echoed like a symphony of wind chimes throughout a Commerce City shooting range was actually the sound of footsteps from Principal Robert Garrow and fellow Colorado teachers and school administrators as they blazed a trail through a sea of bullet casings. The educators then each lined up in front […]
Columbus OH July 9 2018 Students and teachers will be operating under some new guidelines beginning this fall because the state legislature recently passed a host of measures aimed at balancing school safety techniques with the state’s interest in getting all children the best education possible. The state legislature has recently passed new laws that […]
DETROIT MI July 5 2018 – A lawsuit has been filed against the Detroit Public Schools and a security guard company after a security officer assigned to the school broke a student’s jaw. The lawsuit against the Detroit Public Schools Community District and a security company alleges a security guard broke a 14-year-old boy’s jaw during […]
Brevard FL July 5 2018 Despite a large number of applicants interested in becoming armed security guards for Brevard County schools, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said there is no way the guards will be in place in time for the first day of school. That leaves 28 elementary schools without a dedicated armed presence — potentially violating […]