Gloucester City NJ Dec 15 2022 A South Jersey school district plans to equip its schools with a new tool: bullet-resistant portable shields to protect teachers and students in the event of an active shooter in the building. The Gloucester City school system could be the first district to put the lightweight steel safety shields […]
Irvine CA December 15, 2022 An Irvine woman was killed when her son threw her off a multi-story building at UC Irvine’s campus in an apparent murder-suicide, officials said Wednesday. 77-year-old Thao Thai Nguyen’s body was found on campus around 4 p.m. Tuesday and authorities were investigating her death as a homicide, Orange County Sheriff’s […]
State College PA December 14, 2022 A Penn State student, Blayze Fisher, was charged by Penn State University Police and Public Safety after his conduct regarding with university students while working as student auxiliary officer, according to a criminal complaint. Fisher was charged with misdemeanor harassment and loitering and prowling at night on Dec. […]
Hartford CT December 8, 2022 Since the tragic shooting 10 years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, school districts across Connecticut have been busy improving security, installing “buzz-in” entry systems, activating surveillance cameras, and hiring hundreds of armed and unarmed security officers. The state has poured $66 million worth of security grants into 185 schools to […]
MORROW, Ga. Dec 5 2022– The Clayton County police shut down a high school party gone wrong late Saturday night when they discovered one of the partygoers had been shot and killed. Officers said the party on Citizens Parkway in Morrow was open to students from all metro Atlanta high schools. According to authorities, one […]
RIDGEFIELD CT December 4 2022 — The local public schools are hiring nine school security officers and aim to create a new security director position in the wake of a year-long study of school safety. The school system is shifting from a security guard model to a school security officer model, and Superintendent Susie Da Silva […]
TRENTON NJ December 3 2022 – Governor Phil Murphy today signed bill S2426 into law, requiring all public and nonpublic schools in New Jersey to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement in electronic format. In August, Governor Murphy announced a $6.5 million investment in American Rescue Plan funds toward a statewide school security […]
MUNCIE, Ind. Dec 1 2022— An employee of a firm that provides security for Muncie Community Schools was arrested this week after he allegedly displayed a handgun after discussing plans to sell marijuana. Jasun Dannel Thomas, 34, of Muncie, was preliminarily charged with intimidation, dealing in marijuana and driving while suspended. He was released from […]
Pittsylvania County VA November 21, 2022 Pittsylvania County signed off on a grant earlier this week to fund 10 more school resource officers. Now comes the hard part: filling those positions. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office already has nine vacancies in the field, Sheriff Mike Taylor told supervisors at a work session Tuesday in Chatham. “People […]
DeSoto Texas November 16th, 2022 A North Texas school district, DeSoto ISD, is investigating an incident where a security guard used pepper spray and pepper-ball pellets in a student fight at a high school last week. District spokesperson Tiffanie Blackmon-Jones said the security guard gave plenty of warning to students before deploying the pepper spray […]