by 911Cellular | Oct 10, 2018 | School Safety
The US Department of Justice recently announced that more than $70 million in grant funding will go to over 220 jurisdictions across the country through the STOP School Violence Act. The money will provide support for school security, student and faculty training, and...
by 911Cellular | Oct 2, 2018 | Campus Safety
Former Kent State University student Kaitlin Bennett attempted to organize a gun-rights rally late last week for activists to protest KSU’s no firearm policy on campus for students, faculty and staff. After KSU said it would charge her group several thousand dollars...
by 911Cellular | Sep 25, 2018 | Campus Safety, Public Safety
Nearly 3 months ago, Jason Washington, a 45 year old Navy veteran, was shot and killed by Portland State University police officers after being told by police to drop his friend’s gun during a street fight. Jason was trying to de-escalate the fight, according to...
by 911Cellular | Sep 18, 2018 | Campus Safety
Yesterday, students at University of Maryland – Baltimore County met to share their experiences with sexual assault after a class-action sexual assault lawsuit was filed claiming that UMBC maintains a culture of covering up sexual abuse. Eventually their meeting...
by 911Cellular | Sep 11, 2018 | School Safety
According to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, last week was the start of a pilot program at multiple Bronx schools that will turn school safety agents into unarmed beat cops, roaming the halls and tasked with looking for wandering students, conversing with the...
by 911Cellular | Sep 5, 2018 | Campus Safety
The Department of Education is proposing new Title IX changes that will affect sexual misconduct policies on campuses nationwide. The new changes will seek to bolster the rights of the accused, while also protecting colleges from increased liability and giving more...
by 911Cellular | Aug 28, 2018 | Public Safety, School Safety
Residents, students and employees within the state of Florida can agree on one thing… it’s important to start taking proactive safety measures in order to halt the all too common mass shooting events that keep happening in the southern state. The discussion diverges...
by 911Cellular | Aug 23, 2018 | School Safety
State-wide safety reviews of nearly every public school in the state of Tennessee were recently conducted and completed for the first time ever. This comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced the plans in March. As a result of the reviews being completed,...
by 911Cellular | Aug 16, 2018 | Public Safety
Communication during wildfires is crucial. It’s been a devastating wildfire season so far in 2018. West coast residents have been exposed to 16 major wildfires that have burned more than 300,000 acres. The size of these wildfires are particularly troubling, as are...
by 911Cellular | Jul 13, 2018 | School Safety
The state of Colorado is allowing districts to give teachers the ability to carry guns in school without needing to disclose any information to the state itself. This move, the latest attempt to improve K-12 safety, is not entirely unprecedented; Colorado joins at...
