LAS VEGAS — Elementary, middle, and high schools with large minority populations — but not necessarily higher crime rates — are far more likely than others to require students and visitors to pass through metal detectors, according to new...
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Video: How to Handcuff on a Wall
Give yourself the tactical advantage, and take the suspect into custody without a fight.
10 Steps to a Successful K9-Assisted Drug Sweep
Organizing a successful canine sweep requires careful planning, and the process should start weeks before the date you have chosen to conduct the search.
How to Conduct K9-Assisted Narcotics Sweeps of K-12 Schools
Communicating with students and parents as well as understanding the laws and court decisions that apply to these kinds of searches can curb drug use on your campus.
5.9 Quake Hits Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — A 5.9 earthquake centered in Richmond, Virginia struck at 1:51 p.m. local time. The largest quake previously recorded in Virginia was a 5.9 that hit in 1897.The earthquake was felt as far south as Chapel Hill, North Carolina, according to...
Teachers Union Challenges Mo. Social Media Law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Teachers Association will challenge a new law that restricts teachers’ use of social networking Web sites and their contact with students via those sites.The union is seeking an injunction to block enforcement...
University Fined $82K For Improper Handling of Sex Crimes
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University has been fined $82,500 by the U.S. Education Department for improperly reporting and handling two sexual assaults in 2007.The department has acknowledged improvements in the university’s crime reporting,...
Man Turns Himself In After Shooting Couple in Hospital Parking Lot
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. — Police are investigating a double shooting that occurred in the parking lot of the Columbus Regional Healthcare System on August 19 at 7 a.m.A man walked into the parking lot and shot a woman and a man on the visitor’s side of...
Teens Use School Computers to Share “Sexting” Pictures
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Nearly two dozen teenagers were involved in a sexting ring in which two of them used school-owned computers to access inappropriate photos of female classmates.Five boys admitted to viewing between 30 and 40 such as images, as well as...
N.Y. Toughens Restrictions on Bus Driver Applicants
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law on Tuesday legislation to expand the list of convictions that disqualify a person from either permanently or temporarily operating a school bus. “This law will protect our children by making...
Student Trying to Buy Discount Tickets Receives Gunshot Wound
ALBANY, Ga. — An Albany State University student is recovering from a gunshot wound she received on campus Aug. 18 at the Phoebe Putney Hospital.Trey Walker, 19, turned himself into police after he saw them conducting gang raids and mistakenly thought they...
School Cameras Deter Vandals, Lead to Arrests
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — Fourteen cameras were installed at Arlington Heights elementary school after the school had problems with people climbing on the roof.There have been four arrests since the cameras were installed, the Chicago Tribune reports. In...