BOCA RATON FL Dec 13 2020— Two school custodians have been arrested after police report that the two brought a rifle onto the J.C. Mitchell Elementary campus after school hours Wednesday and posed with the weapon in photographs later posted on social media. Alerted to a photo that appeared on WhatsApp, school police reported that […]
Cedar City Utah December 12 2020 A 15-year-old boy in Utah was arrested Tuesday in connection to calling in fake threats of a bomb and a shooter at a high school this week, investigators said. Officers responded to Cedar High School on Monday after receiving a report of a potential bomb threat, the Cedar City […]
Stanford CA December 12 2020 The “Red Coats” you see at Cardinal athletic and other events soon will have a new role: helping provide information about Stanford’s campus zones program and COVID-19 safety protocols in high-traffic areas of the campus, in response to the alarming rise in the prevalence of COVID-19 in the Bay Area and […]
Stafford County VA Dec 5 2020 Charges are pending against an adult after a 5-year-old boy showed up at school with a loaded firearm Thursday morning, police said. According to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, the incident took place at Anne E. Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford. School had just started for the day when […]
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. Dec 3 2020– Clay County students’ misuse of an emergency app is drawing concern, according to the school district police force. Clay County District Schools Police Chief Kenneth Wagner said that this week, several students from multiple schools, including Ridgeview Elementary, have used the Fortify Florida app to send tips that aren’t […]
Gainesville Florida Dec 1 2020 License plate readers have been installed at 16 intersections surrounding University of Florida’s campus as a crime-fighting measure, but some say the technology raises privacy concerns. LPRs scan every license plate that passes and runs it through databases, helping law enforcement find stolen vehicles and wanted persons. This data can be […]
Cherry Hill NJ Sept 26 2020 A Cherry Hill school security officer who called the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin a “good shoot” on his Facebook page said he was fired by the district after 19 years because it “upset people” and violated the district social media policy. Blake, who is Black, was shot […]
MIDDLEBURY VT Sept 23 2020— Middlebury College removed 22 students from campus during the weekend for violating the school’s Covid-19 policies. The students’ on-campus privileges were revoked after the college received reports last Thursday that “a number of students appeared to be in violation of our Covid-19 conduct policies,” Sarah Ray, Middlebury’s director of media […]
Macomb IL Sept 19 2020 An 18-year-old accused of shooting his roommate inside a dormitory at Western Illinois University surrendered at a Chicago police station Wednesday afternoon. Kavion Poplous, a freshman from Chicago, arrived at the Gresham District station about 1:35 p.m. and was taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to […]
Chicago IL Sept 15 2020 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that 84.2% of students at district schools attended remote learning classes on the first day of class on Tuesday of last week, a decline from past years that officials said was due to COVID-19 and the district’s move to e-learning to start the semester. Though CPS […]