WINTER HAVEN FL July 4 2017 – It’s official – there now are nine deputized sentinels ready to stand guard on the campus of Lakeland’s Southeastern University. In what officials said is the first program of its type in Florida, SEU “sentinels” are volunteer “special deputies” of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, licensed to carry concealed […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. June 30 2017 School districts that let employees carry firearms on school grounds to help protect students from would-be killers would have to abide by certain ground rules, including training requirements and psychological evaluations for those employees, under legislation approved by state senators Wednesday. The bill passed, 28-22, after an emotional hour-long debate in […]
OTTAWA Canada June 24 2017 – City police officers patrolling the airport in the nation’s capital are getting military-style rifles, but officials say the move wasn’t prompted by any specific security threats. Rather, police say, the issuance of carbine rifles to officers at Ottawa International Airport will simply provide a higher degree of safety for […]
Horry County SC June 20 2017 Private armed security guards will protect your kids next year. The Horry County school board voted Monday to approve a $550,000 contract with U.S. Security Associates to provide 18 armed security guards who will patrol the 15 schools that Horry County police previously patrolled as well as three new […]
CHICAGO IL June 18 2017— Two girls, 7 and 13 years old, were shot on the playground outside Warren Elementary on Friday, officials said. The shooting happened during an end-of-the-year picnic at the Southeast Side school. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., some former students at the school at 9239 S. Jeffery Ave. tried to enter the […]
FAIR LAWN NJ June 17 2017 – The Borough Council has approved the concept of retired police officers permanently stationed at each middle school. On June 13, the council approved by consensus to hire Special 3 Police Officers to posts in TJ and Memorial Middle Schools for September 2017. “Since 2014, there have been 535 […]
WARRINGTON, PA June 15 2017— A teen who may have been under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug assaulted a security guard at the Central Bucks South High School graduation ceremony Tuesday, according to Warrington Police. Police released a statement on the matter, saying officers were summoned to the front parking lot of the school […]
Horry County SC June 15 2017 Private security guards, not police officers, could be protecting your kids when school starts back. Horry County School’s contract with U.S. Security Associates — the firm that supplies unarmed security outside the schools — allows the district to ask for additional armed guards as part of the existing contract. […]
KNOXVILLE TN June 13 2017 Four former Knox County Schools security officers have filed suit against the school board, sheriff’s office and county government saying they were wrongfully terminated. Davey Sanderson, Douglas Ryerkerk, Daniel Stewart and William Kee claim they were retaliated against by Chief of Security Gus Paidousis, aided by the Knox County Sheriff’s […]
FONTANA CA June 12 2017 Visit the campus of Dorothy Grant Elementary School, and the first thing you’ll be asked to do is hand over your driver’s license. You’ll get it back a minute or so later and, if all goes well, you’ll also get a sticker ID badge that includes the photo off your […]