Gun Violence and Schools
The new safety center uses artificial intelligence and live camera footage to monitor MSCS campuses all day, every day. It’s a security upgrade years in the making.
As ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ spreads fear, some school safety workers — and students — are staying home.
The Safe Path program puts trained adults on and off school campuses to defuse fights and keep students safe in local neighborhoods.
Teachers who survived school shootings are banding together to form a crisis intervention team
Educators were added to the list of people who can request someone’s guns be temporarily confiscated. But very few have so far.
Memphis gym and health teachers will instruct students on gun safety curriculum this fall. Though some parents at a town hall this week asked to remove their kids from the training, a district official said that is not an option.
Ten Jeffco schools were closed Thursday, including Evergreen High School.
The shooting left two students injured and the suspected shooter dead.
Since 2018, over one-third of gun homicides involving Indianapolis youth have involved social media in some form.
Luis’ family filed a notice that they will appeal the ruling.
The City-County Council is weighing a longer curfew after recent gun violence that left five teenagers dead. Eleven local superintendents said the proposal ‘is not about punishment — it’s about prevention.’
Some Detroit youth say they avoid large gatherings of young people because they fear fights will break out.
Crime rates suggest Detroit is a safer place. But recent incidents, such as the fatal shooting of two youths in a Detroit park, contribute to safety concerns among young people.
Construction was supposed to start soon. But the project has been put ‘on hold for now’ as the district gathers more feedback.
The Denver Police Department initially said Tuesday that the victim was not a DPS student, describing him ‘an adult male’ in a post on X.
Since a 2023 shooting, Tennessee has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to fortify its schools
Almost every American school conducts lockdown drills. A new presidential executive order is designed to help educators and law enforcement improve them.
The mobile app, which is free to download, is primarily for youth in Montbello, Green Valley Ranch, and Park Hill.
During the VP debate, Vance spoke in favor of hardening schools and more law enforcement, while Walz said more red flag laws and background checks would make students safer.
The lawsuit alleges Denver Public Schools failed to protect Luis when it removed police officers from schools.