A loaded firearm was confiscated during a random security screening Wednesday at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools summer school site, according to officials.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 28, 2019
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday that naloxone, the opioid-overdose reversal drug, would be made available in every school in the state.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 2019
The University of Florida is implementing a new safety and security plan, which will cost the university about $30 million over the next five years.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 2019
A drug-sniffing dog will begin working at Riverside Methodist Hospital on July 1.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 2019
Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., has installed a gunshot detection system. The system is designed to give administrators and law enforcement a nearly-instant notification of the gunshot and its location.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
The Montgomery County Board of Education, which oversees the largest school system in Maryland, gave final approval Monday to a policy requiring campuses to create behavioral threat assessment teams to screen for potentially violent or threatening students or community members.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
Manistee Area Public Schools plans to spend $150,000 of general fund money to improve security at the entrance of Manistee Middle/High School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
EverPresent Church in Batavia, N.Y., has set in place a new identification system for families with young children, among other security measures, in response to a recent security incident at their campus and other incidents at houses of worship across the country.
Butte, Mont., school administrators are making changes to elementary school campuses to update security and protect students.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019
Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., will be allowed access to schools’ security cameras in case of an emergency in some districts this fall in an initiative called S.H.A.R.E. – Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019