Chadwick MO September 9 2023 A woman who worked as a security guard in a Christian County school is under arrest Friday. Montana Coupland from Springfield is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. She also worked for Task-9 security. The Chadwick School District hired the company, and her day ended with an on-the-job arrest […]
Riverside Ohio September 8 2023 The Riverside School District recently announced that each of its buildings now has a full-time safety officer, following the school board’s decision to create the roles last summer. The district’s four elementary schools, LaMuth Middle School and the Riverside Campus each staff a safety officer during the school day, the Aug. […]
Southwest Ranches Florida September 8 2023 Three teachers helped save their school security officer’s life. He collapsed. Twice his heart stopped. CPR kept the officer alive. One week later, he hopes his story motivates other schools to train staff in CPR. Ten days before Greentree Preparatory Charter School opened for classes, administrators hired trainers from Dynamic […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. September 8 2023 — Rochester Police are looking for whomever pointed a gun at a school security guard on Thursday afternoon outside school grounds. Officers responded to the Francis Parker School No. 23 on Barrington Street around 2 p.m. They learned that the security guard was helping to control traffic when a vehicle attempted […]
Effingham County GA September 7, 2023 Security cameras will be installed in Effingham County Georgia elementary schools by next spring, with every classroom being covered, according to local media reports. It follows the local school board spending $2 million fitting cameras in high school classrooms, with middle schools expected to follow shortly. Superintendent Yancy Ford, […]
Chapel Hill NC September 6, 2023 Approximately 270 security cameras were installed this summer in residence halls across campus. The University installed the cameras to enhance security by recording individuals as they enter the buildings, but the cameras will not typically be monitored in real-time. They are situated strategically to film any exterior doors. “We […]
West Baton Rouge LA September 3 2023 Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a warm late-summer evening in Louisiana, killing a 16-year-old student and wounding a woman in the arm, authorities said Saturday. Police have made no arrests and investigators still don’t know why the violence erupted at halftime Friday in […]
St Louis MO September 3 2023 Violence continues to affect local high schools, as the third school this week has enacted safety measures following fighting among the students. St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School suspended a football game with Hazelwood East after fights broke out on the campus. Security proceeded to move everyone off the […]
New Orleans LA August 31 2023 A federal appeals court has rejected civil rights claims and upheld qualified immunity for a school resource officer who used a stun gun on a Texas high school student with an intellectual disability who was having a violent outburst. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in New […]
Washington DC August 29 2023 As students return to the classroom around the D.C. region this year, safety is top of mind. “As a principal, the first thing you think of every day is keeping the students safe. And the parents, when they send the students to school, they trust that you and the staff will […]