New York City NY Sept 27 2021 More than 5,000 school safety agents guard the doors and hallways of New York City’s roughly 1,600 schools. This coming Tuesday, hundreds of these officers, if not thousands, might come off the payroll, as the city’s vaccine mandate takes effect. Schools are trying to prepare for the fallout from […]
MANASSAS, Va. Sept 25 2021— As schools report more COVID-19 cases by the day, staff at Manassas City Public Schools are getting creative with cleaning by adding robots. Created by UBTECH, these robots use UV lights to help disinfect both surfaces and the air. The maintenance team at MCPS added them to their nightly cleaning […]
DENVER CO Sept 24 2021 Last year, the Denver Public School System removed all school resource officers form its campuses. Picking up the slack for the school resource officers are people like Nick Vasu. He is a Denver Public Schools Patrol Officer. They drive patrol cars, carry guns, and look like police officers. But, they […]
TAYLOR, Mich. Sept 24 2021– A Taylor High School student brought a loaded gun to school in a fanny pack and threatened to shoot a security officer, according to police. Officials said they were called to the high school Wednesday morning (Sept. 22) because a 15-year-old Inkster boy had threatened to shoot a school security […]
Louisville KY Sept 24 2021 A 16-year-old Eastern High School student is dead, two other teens are injured and a community is reeling after a drive-by shooting at a school bus stop in Louisville early Wednesday morning. As night approached, community members were expected to gather near the site of the shooting, which was reported about […]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. Sept 22 2021– A man who works as a security guard and an assistant football coach for Miami-Dade County Public Schools was arrested Monday on a charge of sexual battery on a minor by an adult. Dominic Alganon Johnson, 36, was taken into custody at Miami Carol City Senior High School in Miami […]
Watsonville CA Sept 21, 2021 The Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) School Board approved a resolution adding school resource officers (SROs) in tandem with mental health clinicians after an increase in violence since the school year began. The board, which voted to remove SROs from the Watsonville, California district in July 2020, reinstated them […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Sept 21 2021 Newport News police say two people were shot Monday at Heritage High School. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said the two victims’ injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Both victims were 17 years old. A boy was shot in the side of the face, Drew said. A girl […]
Dutchess County NY Sept 20 2021 Police arrested an 18-year-old after a 16-year-old Dutchess County student was fatally stabbed outside Arlington High School following a football game on Friday night. News 12 was told there was a fight after the game against Scarsdale and that police were called for a stabbing around 9 p.m. The […]
Durham NC Sept 20 2021 Two people were fatally shot at a parking deck at North Carolina Central University in Durham on Saturday night, prompting a lockdown of the nearby college football game, authorities said. Two men were shot and taken to the hospital where they were both pronounced dead, the Durham Police Department said on […]