Broward County NC July 24 2019 Broward schools promise more secure campuses this fall with hundreds of new employees to protect students. The district plans to add about 500 security personnel — including armed guardians and unarmed security specialists and monitors — to the current of staff of 745. The plan includes beefing up unarmed […]
NEW EAGLE PA July 21 2019 – Ringgold School District will soon be deploying a drone over its main campus to enhance school safety. Ringgold district police Chief Clayton Shell said the district is purchasing a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone Quadcopter, which will primarily be used for surveillance at the high school and middle school. […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. July 21 2019 While many schools across the country are arming their security staff, an advisory panel is recommending that the Little Rock School District not arm its security officers. The Community Advisory Board voted 7-0 Thursday to direct district superintendent Mike Poore not to consider a proposal for arming 10 school security […]
Rio Arriba County NM July 19 2019 One month after an Española Valley High School student was tased three times by Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jeremy Barnes, the top security official at Española School District was let go from his position. On June 13, District Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez informed David Lujan, head of […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio July 18 2019 A former security guard at East Tech High School was sentenced to four years in prison at a hearing Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to sexually assaulting students. Derrick Dugger, 30, pleaded guilty to sexual battery, importuning and gross sexual imposition in June. Officers were first called to the school on […]
Louisville KY July 15 2019 For the first time in more than a decade, Jefferson County Public Schools will start the 2019-20 school year without a single resource officer from the Louisville Metro Police Department. That unit of the department was eliminated last month — a casualty of cuts made by a city walloped with […]
GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. July 14 2019— Gadsden County schools trained volunteers on how to properly shoot a gun, it’s all apart of the highly controversial Guardianship Program. The three-week intensive program is training 12 candidates on a new state-mandate to place an armed officer or guardian on every Gadsden County School District campus. The purpose […]
WINTER HAVEN FL July 14 2019 — Four Polk County school security Guardians were sworn in Thursday, along with one special trainee. Ryan Petty, father of 14-year-old Alaina Petty, a Parkland shooting victim, also was sworn in by Sheriff Grady Judd. Petty completed the training required of Guardians, scoring a 93.65 shooting average and 100% on […]
AURORA CO July 14 2019 Local authorities have arrested a 28-year-old Rangeview High School security guard on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child, Aurora police announced late Friday. Aurora police arrested James Dolmas, a campus monitor at Rangeview, earlier in the day on July 12. Dolmas has so far been charged with a pair of felonies: […]
St Louis MO July 12 2019 The I-Team has been looking into claims that St. Louis Community College wouldn’t let campus police fuel their patrol cars. College leaders say it’s not true, but information obtained by the I-Team shows that’s not the whole story. The college’s Florissant Valley campus sits on more than 100 acres. […]