In a letter, NSBA cites more than 20 incidents involving threats, harassment, disruption and acts of intimidation that have happened at school board meetings that targeted school officials.
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
San Jose State to Pay $1.6M to Students Assaulted by Athletic Trainer
The DOJ found that SJSU failed for more than a decade to respond adequately to reports of sexual assault of female student-athletes by an athletic trainer then working at the university.
Missouri Hospital Is the Latest Victim of Ransomware
The ransomware attackers posted private patient information online, including Social Security numbers and medical information.
Teens Attempt Break-ins at Syracuse University Apartments; Fire Shots
The male teens also threw rocks at the buildings after Syracuse student residents confronted and apprehended one of the suspects.
6 Killed, 28 Injured in Russian Campus Shooting
The mass campus shooting happened at Perm State University, and the suspected shooter has been identified as a student at the school.
Nation Experiencing Severe Shortage of School Bus Drivers
The school bus driver shortage is so bad in Massachusetts that it has called up members of the National Guard to become temporary drivers.
2 Middle School Students Arrested in Alleged Columbine-Style School Shooting Plot
The 13- and 14-year-old male students had a map of the school, had conducted research on Columbine and attempted to buy weapons on the black market.
Responding to Civil Unrest: Creating Policies for Maintaining Security and University Support
Here are some of the lessons learned from college campus public safety and security executives who have responded to recent protests and riots.
Florida Appeals Court Temporarily OKs Ban on School Mask Mandates
The judge previously deemed local school districts’ mask mandates are limited and reasonable, and are exempted under the state’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” law.
Remembering 9/11
I’d be willing to wager that every American over the age of 25 remembers exactly what they were doing and where they were 20 years ago today when 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, flying two of them into the World Trade Center and one into the...
Los Angeles Public K-12 Schools to Require Student COVID-19 Vaccinations
LAUSD’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate applies to all students who are age 12 or older.
COVID Now the Leading Cause of U.S. Law Enforcement Deaths
In the first half of this year, 71 members of U.S. law enforcement agencies died of COVID-19.