HBCUs across the nation started receiving bomb threats at the beginning of the year, but the number of threats increased in February.
Robin Hattersley
Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
Robin Hattersley's Latest Posts
Ammon Bundy Prompts Boise Hospital to Lockdown
Bundy and other protestors were objecting to a severely malnourished child being removed from the custody of his parents by the hospital.
Detroit Public Schools Officer Dies Trying to Break Up Fight
The altercation happened in a Detroit neighborhood near Henry Ford High School, and authorities are reviewing video from security cameras in the area.
Parents Claim NC School Bus Driver Gave Students COVID Swab Tests
The school bus driver allegedly gave $5 to each middle school student who agreed to have their cheeks swabbed.
14 Preschool Students Hospitalized After SUV Crashes into Their Classroom
Police say two of the preschool students were pinned under the SUV when officers arrived at the scene.
Hospitals Continue to Experience Rise in Workplace Violence During Pandemic
Last year and this year appear to continue 2020’s trend of increased assaults on hospital workers.
Texas Governor Orders Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender Youth to Be Reported as ‘Child Abuse’
The order goes against recommendations by major medical groups that say gender-affirming care of transgender minors is medically necessary and sometimes even life-saving.
Homemade Rocket Fuel Explosion in BYU Dorm Displaces 22 Students
“Keep your experiments in the lab and supervised by trained professionals,” BYU campus police told students in a Twitter post after the explosion.
DHS Warns Colleges and Universities of Mass Casualty Attack Threats
The department warns that threats directed at HBCUs and other colleges and universities could inspire extremists to mobilize to violence.
IAHSS Urges U.S. Hospital Security Professionals to Take Crime Survey
The survey is intended to help U.S. hospital security executives identify crime trends, among other things.
Threats Prompt Oklahoma Hospital to Put ICU on Lockdown
The protest group, which calls itself “The Ekklesia Oklahoma,” falsely claims Mercy Hospital’s workers are murderers and Nazis.
2 Teens Arrested in Connection with Buffalo High School Stabbing, Shooting
The security officer says he was shot as he was running to help the stabbed McKinley High School student.