Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. July 15 2018 Susquenita School District is adding armed security officers to guard the schools this year, part of an overall security strategy included in the district’s budget that the board approved in June. The move is in-line with options that many other districts in the region are considering to protect their…
TWIN FALLS ID July 11 2018 — The Twin Falls School District will hire 15 unarmed school security paraprofessionals for next school year. School trustees voted unanimously Monday night to endorse the proposal. It will cost $375,000, the equivalent of about $25,000 per employee, including salary and benefits. The 2017-18 school year was the deadliest at school…
LAND O’LAKES, Fla.–Men and women training to be school safety guards in Pasco County schools took part in an active shooter drill at Charles S. Rushe Middle School Friday, practicing skills and tactics each one of them hoped they’ll never have to use in a real-life incident One by one, they made their way through…
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…
A recently-formed group, Bloomfield Parents for Sensible Safety, came together after learning of the proposed placement of nine armed guards (Class III police officers) at the entrances to the township’s elementary schools, to be funded by a $550k line in the school budget. The group has created a petition urging the BOE to explore other security methods…
TAMPA — With scarce dollars and a mandate to provide armed protection for all students, some Tampa Bay area school officials have started to make use of a state initiative they once disparaged. Named for a coach who was slain in the Feb. 14 Parkland massacre and enacted after opposition to an earlier proposal to arm…
WASHINGTON — Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns. While student and staff fatalities at school persist, students report fewer instances of violence, theft and other abuse during the past decade,…
Selwyn Township. Canada March 23 2018 A security firm will be hired to help address littering along the James A. Gifford Causeway in Selwyn Township. On Wednesday, Peterborough County Council approved staff recommendations to tackle nuisance littering along the causeway, which spans Chemong Lake and links the communities of Bridgenorth and Ennismore. The area is a…
Glenview IL March 21 2018 Glenbrook High Schools District 225 will expand security at Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South high schools beginning April 2. In a 6-0 vote, the Board of Education approved Monday a proposal to hire unarmed, civilian security officers for after-school hours at both schools. Board member Marcelo Sztainberg was absent. The proposal…
Richmond VA March 3 2018 The first heist happened in Colonial Heights, near Petersburg, according to court documents. From there, the seven-person crew struck stores in North Chesterfield, Midlothian, Richmond and Mechanicsville before heading east toward Hampton Roads. By the end of the day, they’d hit at least nine businesses. Their target: pet supplies. Joseph Heim…
