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Hate crime on the rise in the U.S., FBI says

by Katie Malafronte, CampusSafetyMagazine.com The FBI released a report on Tuesday that showed hate crime in the U.S. rose about 17 percent in 2017 when compared to 2016. There were 7,175 hate crimes in 2017 compared to the 6,121 incidents the previous year. The FBI pointed out that the number of law enforcement agencies reporting the [...]

By |2018-11-17T09:43:19-05:00November 17th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Hate crime on the rise in the U.S., FBI says

The K-12 School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know

https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ By CampusSafetyMagazine.com The Naval Postgraduate School‘s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) released a K-12 school shooting database project as part of their Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security program. They found the need for accurate, detailed information on this subject was paramount. The database documents every instance a gun is wielded, fired, or a bullet hits [...]

By |2018-10-19T08:24:22-04:00October 19th, 2018|News|Comments Off on The K-12 School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know

Homeland Security pivots to focus on ‘lone wolf’ attacks on soft targets

Scott Breor, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, and Amy Graydon, Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) in the National Protection and Programs Directorate address members of the media on Wednesday at GSX 2018.Photo credit: (Photo courtesy Joel Griffin) BY JOEL GRIFFIN ON SEP 27, 2018, SecurityInfoWatch.com Established in the wake [...]

By |2018-10-01T06:08:59-04:00October 1st, 2018|News|Comments Off on Homeland Security pivots to focus on ‘lone wolf’ attacks on soft targets

Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney now armed after decades without guns

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: KEARNEY, Neb. Sept 21 2018 — After 44 years without carrying guns, the University of Nebraska at Kearney police now are armed. On Aug. 27, eight of UNK’s full-time certified Nebraska police officers started carrying Glock .40-caliber weapons, said UNK Police Chief Jim Davis. It cost about $10,000 to equip officers with weapons [...]

By |2018-09-21T06:38:31-04:00September 21st, 2018|News|Comments Off on Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney now armed after decades without guns

After armed robberies, Johns Hopkins University may form police force

IAN DUNCAN AND TALIA RICHMAN ON MAR 19, 2018 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch.com March 18--After a string of 16 gunpoint robberies around Johns Hopkins' main campus in Homewood last fall, university President Ron Daniels began to think the school's force of 1,000 security personnel and the tens of millions of dollars it spends on security each [...]

By |2018-03-24T07:39:54-04:00March 24th, 2018|News|Comments Off on After armed robberies, Johns Hopkins University may form police force

Pennsylvania school district puts armed security officers in elementary schools

March 07, 2018  Amy Rock , CampusSafetyMagazine.com A Pennsylvania school district has decided to put armed security officers in each of its seven elementary schools following the Parkland high school shooting. The Easton Area School District previously had armed security guards at each of its elementary schools until they were laid off during the 2012-2013 school year [...]

By |2018-03-10T12:49:46-05:00March 10th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Pennsylvania school district puts armed security officers in elementary schools

College campus rape survivor: women need guns

by AWR HAWKINS, 6 Aug 2017, Breitbart.com College campus rape survivor Shayna Lopez-Rivas tells Florida legislators that pepper spray is not a sufficient defensive tool—women need guns. She said she had pepper spray with her when she was attacked on Florida State University’s campus in 2014, but the spray did not stop the attacker. According [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:30:12-05:00August 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on College campus rape survivor: women need guns

Filipino security officer to graduate cum laude from school he guards

Erwin Macua, who works as a security guard, is set to graduate cum laude. Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News   Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News Philippines -- After almost 20 years of working as a security guard at St. Theresa's College in Cebu City, Erwin Macua is set to join the students that he watches [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:56-05:00March 24th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Filipino security officer to graduate cum laude from school he guards

Oklahoma State University goes ‘old school,’ adds emergency phones around campus

    Oklahoma State University's "blue lights" may, at first glance, seem antiquated, but in reality, they still serve a purpose. Their mere presence is enough to help students feel at ease and possibly ward off n'er-do-wells. Not only that, but say a student who needs to make a call either loses their cell phone [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:13-05:00March 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Oklahoma State University goes ‘old school,’ adds emergency phones around campus

Columbia University cancels panel featuring conservative speakers amid ‘security concerns’

Not even the absence of conservative hero Milo Yiannopoulos could allay the fears of Columbia University when it was arranged that two of Yiannopoulos' former colleagues at Breitbart were going to speak at the university along with a representative of The Gateway Pundit. Yiannopoulos has tried to speak at several institutions across the country, including [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:09-05:00March 5th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Columbia University cancels panel featuring conservative speakers amid ‘security concerns’

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