Articles Tagged with ''school security''

 A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday moments after police responded to a call of shots being fired at an Atlanta-area school.

The concrete barriers and orange traffic cones blocking the driveway of the elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators will soon be replaced by a black iron gate that officials hope will improve the property’s image and keep out gawkers.

The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore is purchasing 200 bulletproof whiteboards to protect its professors from school shootings.

The 2012 Indicators of School Crime and Safety report also notes that 77 percent of students (age 12-18) reported having security cameras in their schools.

Students living on Texan college campuses may be required to undergo a background check through the state before moving in.

One Arkansas school district is training 20 district employees and allowing them to carry concealed weapons on campus.

The closing of 50 schools this August in Chicago has prompted comparisons to the violent death of Derrion Albert, with warnings that the new school boundary lines could bring similar tension. 

Administrators in the Plano Independent School District have decided on panic buttons to keep students safe in schools.

New surveillance cameras in West Aurora, Ill., schools will enable first responders to get a more solid picture of an incident before arriving at the scene. 

This coming school year every middle school and high school in Atlanta, will have an Atlanta Police Department officer patrolling its campus.