Montreal Schools Fined $217K for False Fire Alarms

MONTREAL—Since the implementation of a new city bylaw designed to reduce false fire alarms, Montreal Island schools have reported more than 406 false alarms from February 2009 to July 2010. As a result, false fire alarms will cost Montreal Island schools more...

OSHA Faults Hospital for Workplace Violence Violations

DANBURY, Conn.—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Danbury Hospital for failing to provide its employees with sufficient protection against workplace violence. The hospital has been fined $6,300.The announcement comes on the heels...

Colo. District Expands Video Surveillance to 25 Sites

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – School District 51, Mesa County Valley, in Grand Junction, Colo., first began using OnSSI’s open-architecture, intelligent IP-based video surveillance software five years ago in a test system incorporating 25 cameras at a single middle...

N.Y. Teacher Fired for 6th Grader’s Drowning

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.—A teacher was terminated from a Harlem middle school as a result of the drowning of a 12-year-old girl on a field trip to the beach. Two other administrators were also disciplined.Erin Bailey, a first-year English teacher at the Columbia...

U. of Arkansas Fraternity House Fire Ruled as Arson

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—A fire at a University of Arkansas fraternity house has been ruled as arson.Police obtained video evidence of a man pouring gasoline on an interior staircase of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity house on July 10, according to KFSM.com. The fire...

Campus Safety Named Magazine of the Year

LOS ANGELES – Campus Safety magazine has been designated 2010 Magazine of the Year by Bobit Business Media. In a ceremony held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the publication’s editors received word that they beat out more than 20 other magazines that were...