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Tag: Campus Security
News Roundup
Johns Hopkins Hires VP for Public Safety, Signaling Move Toward Private Police Force
In announcing its new vice president for public safety, Johns Hopkins University signaled that it plans to move forward with creating its own private police force — a decision that has been hotly debated, reports The Baltimore Sun. Massachusetts police commissioner Dr. Branville Bard Jr. will take up the position on Aug. 30, announced the […]
July 28, 2021
News Roundup
After Racist Graffiti, Salisbury University Announces New Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Salisbury University is enacting new diversity and inclusion initiatives after racist messages were repeatedly found in Fulton Hall, Delmarva Now reported. Salisbury University President Dr. Charles Wight announced in a statement on Tuesday that the school will be creating a chief diversity officer role. The new position will report directly to him as a part […]
December 5, 2019
News Roundup
Syracuse University Increases Security In Response to Racist Incidents
Syracuse University has added security patrols and cameras after a series of more than a dozen racist and anti-Semitic incidents on campus in November, USA Today reported. While police decided the incident didn’t pose a threat to students, the enhanced security followed another “suspicious communication directed to a Syracuse University student organization” reported on Nov. […]
December 5, 2019
News Roundup
Student Indicted in Fatal Stabbing of University Freshman
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A Binghamton University student has been indicted in the stabbing death of a fellow student in a campus dormitory. The Press and Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton reports 20-year-old Michael Roque was indicted Monday on a charge of second-degree murder. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison. Roque […]
May 15, 2018
News Roundup
Community College Classes Resume After Shooting Threat
HOUSTON – Houston Community College Central Campus will reopen for business as usual Wednesday after it was closed Monday and Tuesday while authorities investigated a shooting threat made on social media over the weekend. Finals will resume as scheduled with the exception of the Monday, May 7, exams, which are postponed to Friday, and the […]
May 8, 2018
Students
As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?
I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.
June 7, 2016
Students
NRA Leader Praises Liberty U. for Allowing Concealed Carry
LYNCHBURG, Va. ― The CEO of the National Rifle Association is praising Liberty University for allowing qualified students to carry concealed handguns on campus. Wayne LaPierre said Liberty was one of the safest places in the country at the college’s regular three-times-weekly convocation on Wednesday. The News & Advance reports that LaPierre praised students who […]
March 23, 2016
Students
Arkansas State: Lockdown Sparked by Student Video Project
JONESBORO, Ark. ― Arkansas State University students working on a video project sparked reports of armed men near the student union on Sunday, leading to a lockdown of about an hour at ASU’s Jonesboro campus. The university sent an emergency alert shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday saying two armed men were seen near the student […]
February 14, 2016
Students
Thomas More College Safety Director Fired after Indictment
CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. ― The director of campus safety at Thomas More College has been fired following his indictment on child pornography charges. The Kentucky Enquirer reports school officials announced Thursday in a news release the firing of 53-year-old Robert Marshall. Marshall was arrested Wednesday after a year-long investigation. Covington police say he has been […]
January 31, 2016
Students
Catholic University Students Shelter in Place a 2nd Time
WASHINGTON ― Catholic University of America students again were warned to shelter in place and police say a suspicious person was located before the shelter-in-place order was lifted. An initial notice on the school’s website Tuesday evening said city police and university public safety officers were on campus in response to a “possible armed suspect.” […]
December 9, 2015
Community Colleges
Connecticut Community Colleges Arming Security Personnel
A Connecticut Board of Regents spokesman said that the board had been working toward a decision on arming security personnel at community colleges since 2012 in the wake of a number of mass shootings across the nation.
December 3, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Protesters Take on Racial Profiling at Providence College
More than 100 Providence College students, supporters and faculty and staff members rallied against racial profiling they say is widespread among security guards at the private Catholic school.
May 5, 2015
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