Private armed security guards will protect your kids next year. The Horry County School Board voted Monday to approve a $550,000 contract with U.S. Security Associates to provide 18 armed security guards who will patrol the 15 schools that Horry County police previously patrolled as well as three new schools scheduled to be open by…
ROXBURY, NJ Aug 1 2018 – Former law enforcement officers working as security personnel in Roxbury schools will be permitted to carry handguns on the job under a policy approved recently by the school board. Only security officers who meet state qualifications, including State Police review, will be allowed to carry the concealed handguns and they…
WASHINGTON – In a Virginia school district closer to Kentucky than the U.S. Capitol, teachers are now preparing to return to their classrooms, armed, in September. The move comes after a unanimous vote by the Lee County School Board, one that spurred mild panic among Democratic elected officials that a precedent could be set for…
Fauquier County VA July 19 2018 A total of 109 people have so far applied for 15 new school-security positions planned to ensure all of Fauquier County’s 20 schools are equipped with armed guards when the new school year begins in August. That’s according to Fauquier County Sheriff Bob Mosier, who gave the Fauquier County School…
BENTONVILLE –– The School Board unanimously agreed Monday to let high school security officers carry guns on campus if they complete the required training. Allowing commissioned school security officers will provide an “extra layer of protection” at the high schools and represents one more step toward improving safety in the School District, said Superintendent Debbie…
VIRGINIA BEACH VA More practice for handling emergencies. Securing school entrances. Increased mental health staffing. Those are some of the 11 recommendations from a group that met over the past few months to evaluate security within Virginia Beach’s school system. The panel of police, city, Navy and school personnel was created in the aftermath of…
Reluctantly going back on its decision to arm only sworn law enforcement officers with weapons, the Broward County School Board unanimously approved hiring armed, non-sworn guards to protect schools and to comply with a new state law. Board members’ votes at Tuesday’s meeting came with two caveats: That the role of the “armed safe school…
A recent report from International SOS and Control Risks estimates that the demand for travel security advice has increased by 800 percent in the past decade. Considering the age of globalization that we live in, this isn’t surprising, but it also speaks to how imperative it is that enterprises put their money where their mouths are when…
Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Donald Fennoy said he is considering using private security guards to safeguard some of the county’s elementary schools this year, a turnaround from earlier assurances that every school would be staffed by a law enforcement officer. The potential change of plan comes after Sheriff Ric Bradshaw rebuffed Fennoy’s request to provide 50…
