Articles Tagged with ''campus security''

Marquette's public safety department is becoming a police department this week.

Brian Miller, former Hammond Chief of Police, has assumed responsibilities as Director of Public Safety at Purdue University Calumet and Purdue University North Central.

A bill allowing students, faculty and others to carry concealed weapons at the University of Montana and other colleges across the state was defeated. 

A new mobile and Web application developed by University of Michigan students has caught the eye of the school's Department of Public Safety and Security, and officials are brainstorming with the developers to see how data captured by the app could help improve safety measures in the future.

In a webinar, Dr. Bob Harkins, Associate Vice President for Campus Safety & Security for the University of Texas at Austin, spoke about his structure/programs, plans & planning, communications and his team’s responsibilities.

Threats of violence against schools in the country are up 158 percent, according to a survey conducted over the first half of this school year.

Children will have a say when it comes to improving security at Englewood Cliffs, NJ schools when the district forms a Student Safety Committee this year.

Wyoming senators voted against a bill that would have allowed citizens to carry weapons in schools and other public buildings.

The South Dakota House of Representatives voted down a bill that would have required schools in the state to form a safety plan in the event of school shootings and other dangerous situations.

A Pennsylvania State Representative is proposing legislation in the state that requires school districts to conduct emergency lockdown drills.