Roswell NM Aug 19 2019 Employees and students at the local community college will discuss in the coming weeks whether campus security officers should carry firearms. Cpt. Brad McFadin, head of the Campus Safety and Security Department at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, has suggested that he and at least some of his six officers be […]
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. Aug 19 2019– Gwinnett County Public Schools has banned cannabis from all district property citing the Georgia Hemp Farming Act, but its police officers will join local departments in halting misdemeanor marijuana arrests, the district announced in a press release, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The new law, signed May 10, has led […]
Albuquerque NM Aug 18 2019 Albuquerque Public Schools board member Peggy Muller-Aragón thought the award amount was a typo. “We are pleased to inform you that the Public School Capital Outlay Council (PSCOC) has approved a total net state award in the amount of $0,” a letter on APS school security funding said. But it […]
PROVIDENCE, RI Aug 18 2019 A security guard employed at The Providence Center School has been arrested for soliciting a child to engage in sexual activity. State Police say Anthony Padula, 62, of West Warwick was taken into custody after he solicited whom he believed to be a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity. Padula […]
APPLE VALLEY, Calif. Aug 17 2019 A 14-year-old student who made prior threats to “shoot up the campus” was arrested after he kicked a security guard in the ribs as he attempted to leave the school, officials said. It happened on Wednesday morning at the Apple Valley County Education Center located in the 12500 block of […]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. Aug 16 2019— The chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission says Palm Beach County school officials are turning to a Boca Raton private firm to train school security guards. “I fail to see the reason why they want to do that other than they want to argue about […]
ROCK HILL, SC Aug 15 2019 Rock Hill schools will hire private, armed security officers to be stationed at all district elementary schools, police and school officials said. The district is seeking bids from security firms and will have the security officers in place after Labor Day, said Mychal Frost, school district spokesman. The district […]
DAMASCUS, Md. Aug 13 2019 A former security guard at John T. Baker Middle School is suing Montgomery County Public Schools, alleging the female principal he reported to engaged in sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination and hostile behavior. The 12-page, federal, civil rights lawsuit — filed this May in the U.S. District Court for the District […]
NEW ROCHELLE NY August 12 2019 – The school board ended one of its hotly debated issues when it voted 8-1 against using armed police officers as security in the schools. It’s an issue with a racial component that has passionate points of view about law enforcement. Many did not trust the police to provide security […]
MONTGOMERY, ALA. Aug 10 2019 A man shot at another parent in a suspected road rage incident during morning drop-off Thursday at an Alabama elementary school, police said. No one was injured in the shooting that happened in the parking lot of Blount Elementary School in Montgomery on Thursday morning, said Montgomery Department of Public Safety […]