Garfield NJ May 18 2019 Garfield will soon join the ranks of districts with armed guards providing security in the schools. Although resource officers have been in place for more than 15 years, the Board of Education this week decided to arm security guards effective June 1. Trustee Frank Barber said he is “happy to see […]
Southbridge MA May 19 2019 In Southbridge, Massachusetts a teacher is accused of leaving ammunition in a school stairwell on Thursday morning… then calling police to report it. Alfred Purcell III is a 57-year-old high school biology teacher at Southbridge High School. He’s from Woodstock, Connecticut. Police say that on Thursday morning, he reported to staff […]
SALEM OR May 18 2019 — One-by-one, lawmakers on Thursday came to the side of the House floor to offer their condolences to the family of Kaylee Sawyer, the Bend woman murdered in 2016 by a Central Oregon Community College security guard. Moments before, the House had unanimously approved Senate Bill 576, known as “Kaylee’s Law.” […]
VALLEY CENTER CA May 18 2019 A former North County school security guard was sentenced Thursday after he was found guilty of sending inappropriate pictures to children online. Steven Lloyd Duncan was arrested by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in December 2018. Six months later he was sentenced to four years in state prison. […]
Poughkeepsie NY May 15 2019 Police say that a school security officer became aware that a student had a firearm and confronted him. The security officer did find and secure the firearm and detain the unnamed student at a school office. City of Poughkeepsie police officers responded to the Poughkeepsie High School and said […]
EVANSVILLE, IN May 14 2019 Police were dispatched to the University of Evansville after campus security called 911 in reference to a man who appeared to be unconscious. According to the affidavit, when the officer arrived he saw campus security struggling with the man close to the intersection of Rotherwood Avenue and Lincoln. When the officer tried […]
OMAHA, Neb. May 14 2019 A pilot program that stationed a mental health therapist in an Omaha police precinct will be expanded to every precinct, officials said. The primary goal: Decrease the instances of officers taking into custody people struggling with mental health issues. Officials also hope to connect people to the services they require and […]
Lexington GA May 14 2019 Some Fayette County public schools beginning in the first semester of the new school year will embark on a pilot school safety and security program that will have drug and weapons-sniffing dogs visiting middle and high schools. Superintendent Jody Barrow at the April 22 meeting of the Fayette County Board […]
Tallahassee FL May 13 2019 More Florida school personnel will be eligible to carry guns on campus, under a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Wednesday. Two Panhandle school districts are moving in other directions. “I said I was for the bill from the beginning; I urged the Legislature to pass it in my State […]
Highlands Ranch Colorado May 12 2019 The investigation into a suspected incident of “friendly fire” during the attack on a Highlands Ranch school centers on reports that a private security guard saw the muzzle of a gun come around a corner and shot back, 9Wants to Know has learned. But that muzzle was apparently the […]