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1,200 firearms, knives, boxcutters, razors and other dangerous objects confiscated from NY city students in the 2013-14 school year,

A UT Dallas study shows certain factors affect a student’s willingness to report having seen a weapon at school. 

The Oklahoma School Security Institute launched a tip line for people to submit threats to schools across the state.

The Argyle Independent School District in north Texas has started the 2014-15 school year with newly armed teachers.

Cal State Northridge officials announced new policies requiring fraternities, sororities and other campus groups to submit plans in advance about membership recruitment and initiation activities to prevent hazing. 

The Los Angeles Unified school police will stop giving citations for fighting, petty theft and other minor offenses, moving instead to refer students to counseling or other programs. The step back from punitive law enforcement actions reflects growing research that handling minor offenses with police actions does not necessarily make campuses safer. Those actions do often push struggling students to drop out and get in more serious trouble with law enforcement.

School classrooms in Compton, California will be guarded with AR-15 semiautomatic rifles.

 “Deb” Cheesebro has been named the new police chief at William & Mary College. 

Officials in northwest Alabama are getting ready to announce a one-of-a-kind school security program where volunteers are armed. 

Some Georgia school leaders are turning down a new option of arming teachers, arguing that it doesn't make kids any safer.