DANBURY CT June 19 2019 — A former safety advocate at Danbury High School — who worked at the school for about a month before a complaint was filed against him — has been charged with providing marijuana to minors. Glenn Davis, 41, turned himself in on Friday after learning about the warrant for his arrest, […]
DENVER CO June 18 2019— Denver Public Schools (DPS) leaders have approved a new policy to limit how often school resource officers handcuff students. The policies garnered attention after a parent of a student at a Denver elementary school said his son was handcuffed while at school. Brandon Pryor said that on April 19, his […]
Richmond VA June 18 2019 The executive committee for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services awarded $3.47 million to fund school resource officers and school security officers to 53 localities. The funding covers 77 school resource officer grants and 10 school security officer grants, which will increase the total number of school officers by 10 […]
Rutherford NJ June 16 2019 The principal of a New Jersey middle school was leading a graduation rehearsal Friday when student stabbed him in the chest multiple times, police said. The student, a 14-year-old boy who was not identified, ran across the gym at Union School in Rutherford, New Jersey, and attacked Principal Kurt Schweitzer with […]
BALTIMORE MD June 16 2019 Johns Hopkins University is warning the community about a man who was apparently brandishing a machete on the Homewood campus Wednesday, prompting a campus security officer to try to pepper-spray him. Baltimore police told the university that the man is now being held at a mental-health facility, and campus security is […]
Chicago IL June 15 2019 Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday renewed her threat to remove police officers from public schools on the heels of a blistering audit that accused the Chicago Police Department of continuing to operate the program without oversight and training. Lightfoot’s transition report recommends “encouraging Chicago Public Schools to work with individual […]
Clay County Florida June 15 2019 Students can’t imagine Orange Park Elementary without school resource Officer Samantha Frehulfer. They make sure to show their appreciation. Frehulfer, known at the school as Officer Fre, told Action News Jax, “I have hundreds of pictures that they’ve drawn for me, different notes that all the different grades have written […]
FOUKE ARK AR June 15 2019 — Fouke School District and Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Barrett will introduce the school district’s new police dog Major on Tuesday morning at the school. Barrett is entering her second year in partnership with Fouke Public School District to implement school safety measures in south Miller County. The partnership […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 14 2019 A Memphis man is facing charges for allegedly stealing, burning and urinating on an American flag. According to a police report, a security officer at Memphis’ Southern College of Optometry spotted 27-year-old Jordan Demilt carrying a flag on campus Monday. The officer noticed the school’s flagpole was bare. Police say the […]
Missoula County MT June 14 2019 A school resource officer is on administrative leave after she reportedly briefly left her duty weapon in the faculty bathroom at an elementary school in Missoula County. The Missoula County sheriff’s office announced the leave on Monday. Undersheriff Rich Maricelli declined to name the officer or the school involved […]