UMSL has implemented a safety app to enhance campus security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 24, 2018
Students at three universities can now access their student ID cards on their iPhone.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 23, 2018
Stanford University has increased access control on campus.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 23, 2018
Plano ISD, just north of Dallas, Texas, is adding security measures to campus.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 23, 2018
La Crosse School District is improving safety and security on campus thanks to a grant.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 22, 2018
“The mission is a little different. In the FBI, the job was to keep the country safe. At the university, it will be my job to keep the campus, students and staff safe as well,” King said.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 22, 2018
A school district in Virginia has approved and implemented armed guards on its campuses.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 22, 2018
Schools in Kyle, Texas are looking to increase security with one-point access, secure vestibules.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 19, 2018
Austin-area schools have moved forward with a guardian program which allows unidentified employees to carry on campus at all times.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 19, 2018
Passaic County to hire retired police officers to bolster campus security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 19, 2018
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools plan to make schools safer in the aftermath of mass shootings.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 18, 2018
ISU was fined by the Big 12 after students and fans rushed the field after winning against WVU, making it unsafe for the apposing team to leave the field.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 18, 2018
Over 200 schools in New Mexico will receive funding for security upgrades.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 18, 2018
With the UChicago Safe app, users can directly call the University of Chicago Police Department and Chicago Police Department, as well as report crimes and talk to UC safety and security dispatch.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 17, 2018
According to Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, the newly hired guards have a total of 248 years of prior law enforcement and 211 years of prior military experience.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 17, 2018
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 17, 2018
After being fined nearly $1 million, UM is improving campus security and safety.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 17, 2018
After receiving approval from the district’s school board last summer, Lufkin High has become the first East Texas school to install keyless entry fingerprint scanners at campus entry points.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 16, 2018
Swain County school leaders plan to use $4.7 million in state grant money to help build high school classrooms and beef up security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 16, 2018
Heritage Valley’s agreement with Sewickley aims to increase security for hospital patients, employees and visitors.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 16, 2018
MSDWT submits its school safety plan yearly to the state of Indiana, as required by Indiana Administrative Code in order to receive accreditation. According to the district, its security procedures and plans “meet all legal requirements of the state of Indiana and take a multi-hazard approach to school safety.”
- By Jessica Davis
- October 15, 2018
“I think it’s an added layer of safety and security that helps the students and parents feel more secure about where they’re sending their kids to school,” said Dr. Jerry Pyron, Principal of McNairy Central High School.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 15, 2018
The $1 million will be used to increase security infrastructure in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, including more video surveillance in schools, expanded access control for staff, increased external fencing to some campuses and the relocation of security desks to school entrances to allow them to check in visitors to campus.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 15, 2018
In the aftermath of the shooting, Texas Tech University president Lawrence Schovanec called on the Texas Department of Public Safety to conduct a review of campus security and safety procedures and policies.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 12, 2018
Omaha Police helped reinforce security Wednesday at Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska, after a stabbing incident that took place on campus Tuesday.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 12, 2018
The database records any time a gun has gone off in or around a school campus, including incidents of suicide. The data is also searchable by 16 different categories.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 11, 2018
"It would allow us access from anywhere and anytime which then we can provide the same thing to law enforcement so that they are able to see what is going on at any building in real time," Superintendent Coby Fletcher said.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 11, 2018
The grants come five months after the shooting at Santa Fe High School that left 10 people dead. The funding is part of the $70 million in grants announced last week by the Department of Justice.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 11, 2018