La Crosse School District is improving safety and security on campus thanks to a grant.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 22, 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
Schools in Kyle, Texas are looking to increase security with one-point access, secure vestibules.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 19, 2018
Over 200 schools in New Mexico will receive funding for security upgrades.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 18, 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
- By Sydny Shepard
- 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
After being fined nearly $1 million, UM is improving campus security and safety.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 17, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The incident took place on a Sunday night after a game of pick-up basketball on the university campus. One man was shot twice and taken to the hospital. Neither the injured man nor the suspect are GSU students.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 10, 2018
The grant’s criteria prioritize schools most in need of modern security equipment, schools with relatively high numbers of incidents, schools where a school security audit has identified equipment needs and schools in divisions least able to pay for security upgrades.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 10, 2018
The UNM Police Department believes the carjacking incidents were committed by the same group of people and are increasing nighttime patrols, according to spokesman Tim Stump.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 09, 2018
The preschool entrance at TCU-Montgomery will also receive a secure entrance thanks to the bond. A buzzer system and shatterproof glass will be added to the main entrance.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 09, 2018
The emergency communications system is called RECESS, or Radio Emergency Communication in Every Sarpy School, and provides a new way for schools to report emergencies.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 09, 2018
For Anderson Community Schools in Anderson, Indiana, campus security begins at the door, as the district’s campus safety plan focuses on access control.
- By Jessica Davis
- October 08, 2018
An Anchorage elementary school relied on their emergency training following a shooting on campus.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 08, 2018
Schools around the country are turning to gunshot detection systems to aid in campus security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- October 08, 2018