Illinois Marathon organizers taking extra security precautions | WRSP

by Lauren Kostiuk Illinois Marathon organizers to take extra precautions (WCCU) AA Most recent acts of deliberate violence have organizers of public events rethinking approaches for keeping people safe. Even right here in East Central Illinois. 14,000 runners will be taking off through the streets of Champaign and Urbana this weekend for the 10th Annual

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City Council wants $100M to put security cameras in all schools

All schools would have security cameras by 2024 under a new City Council proposal. The council is asking City Hall for $100 million to install cameras next year in some of the 500-plus schools that do not have video surveillance. Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Queens), who lobbied Speaker Corey Johnson’s office to include the ask in

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Armed guards hired to protect Colby Covington at all UFC events – MMAmania.com

Even though Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight contender Colby Covington is no longer fighting in Rio, he still might face a few crazed fans — or fighters — coming into his interim title fight at UFC 225. It happens. That’s where he’ll be facing ex-lightweight titleholder Rafael dos Anjos, who will undoubtedly be looking to

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Synagogue Security Services See A Boom

A lot of people in Jewish communities throughout the United States are on edge in recent years, due to a precipitous rise in the number of attacks on Jewish institutions, including synagogues. For example, last March, an apparent bullet hole was found in a Hebrew school classroom at Temple Adath B’nai Israel in Evansville, Indiana.

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Armed guards will be added at every school in this NC county

Leaders in a western North Carolina county plan to hire and assign armed security guards, as opposed to armed volunteers, in every public school. Henderson County leaders announced Thursday their plan to hire people with law enforcement or military backgrounds to serve as “highly trained” armed personnel at all 23 schools. Officials said they wanted

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Parents, elementary school staff respond to armed guards in schools | Community | mysuncoast.com

SARASOTA, FL (WWSB) – The Sarasota County Public Schools Superintendent unveiled a five point plan for the future of school safety. It will start as early as April 2 when the students return from spring break. The first of the five point plan will place an off-duty officer in every elementary school until the end

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State County to Assign Armed Guards to Every Public School

Posted on March 21, 2018 One county has decided to take a pro-active approach to their students’ safety by employing armed security guards at every public school. Henderson County of North Carolina is home to about 14,000 students in the school system. Officials have said the armed security will be people of military and law

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BREAKING: Maryland school shooting stopped by ARMED SECURITY GUARD!

According to the NY Post, a school shooting in Maryland was stopped in it’s tracks this morning when a trained “School Resource Officer” shot and killed a student who had shot two other students in a hallway. Here’s the important details from the NY Post: The gunman entered Great Mills High School around 8 a.m.

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