After thoughtful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to indefinitely postpone the Campus Safety Magazine. We appreciate the support and engagement of the Campus Safety Magazine community and thank all those who have contributed to the program over the years.
ATLANTA - A panel of immunization experts advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Feb. 27 to expand the recommended ages for annual influenza vaccination of children to include all children from only six months to 59 months of age. The expanded...
HARTFORD, Conn. - The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) has issued the following legislative alert regarding the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, which if approved by the Senate would mean that schools would...
FERRUM, Va. - Ferrum College was put on lockdown Feb. 26 after a member of the housekeeping staff saw a suspicious man carrying a gun walking into a building on the campus around 7:30 a.m. He told the staff member not to say anything. College President Jennifer...
DALLAS - The City Council's public safety committee unanimously voted to ban cell phone use while driving - including text messaging - in Dallas school zones Feb. 19. The regulation would be implemented when school zone hours are active. Motorists would be able to...
BALTIMORE - Security officials were able to thwart an escape attempt by an inmate at Mercy Medical Center on Feb. 25. Lamarr C. Harris, 37, accused of stabbing a correctional officer in 2006, tried to escape while he was being examined for an undetermined illness at...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - A 20-year-old student at Western Washington University has died from complications of pneumonia brought on by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The student, Chris Feden, had experienced a lingering cough for two weeks. The...
CLEVELAND - A string of crimes have occurred at hospitals in northeast Ohio, ranging from theft to rape. An investigator for the NBC affiliate WKYC, Tom Meyer, acquired police reports involving 16 hospitals around the Cleveland area. A patient at Parma Hospital said...
CHICAGO - Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and John W. Richardson, chief of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Police Department, announced Feb. 22 the arrest of a 24-year-old Wheaton...
NEW ORLEANS - Drena Clay, 42, and Debra Harrison, 46, both residents of New Orleans, were sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and 41 months imprisonment respectively, by U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., Feb. 20. Clay and Harrison had been convicted after a...
SHELTON, Conn. - Campus Safety has applied for business publication membership in BPA Worldwide. The magazine is published by Bobit Business Media (Torrance, CA). BPA Worldwide will track circulation for Campus Safety based on business/distribution, demographics and...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) is seeking help from the public regarding a suspect who is on the run. It is believed the suspect murdered a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employee. To review the bulletin, please click here. If...
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Gov. Matt Blunt announced Feb. 19 that the Missouri Alert Network is expanding to Missouri's institutions of higher education to improve the safety and security of college students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency. "Our schools are among...