Florida’s schools flooded by threats of violence: ‘This ... - POLITICO
WEB1 day ago · By Andrew Atterbury. 09/18/2024 02:00 PM EDT. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Law enforcement and education officials in Florida are dealing with a flood of threats against K-12 schools this fall and are ...
Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, …
WEB1 day ago · Fed up with school shooting threats in his community, Chitwood pledged to publicly identify students who make such threats. On Monday, he posted the name and mugshot of an 11-year-old boy arrested for allegedly threatening to carry out a shooting at a middle school in his county. The decision swiftly drew praise and criticism amid the …
Oklahoma's disturbing spike in school threats reflects national …
WEB1 day ago · Over the last week, a disturbing spike in threats made toward Oklahoma schools has grown. In just one week, roughly 20 Oklahoma schools had to cancel class or increase police presence after receiving threats. And on Sept. 17 alone, Oklahoma school districts Waurika, McAlester, Moore and Minco paused classes or locked down to …
Social media shooting threats targeting Chicago-area schools
WEB2 days ago · Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remo…
School threats on social media are inundating Florida. What we …
WEBSep 13, 2024 · St. Lucie school threats. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrested an 11-year-old student from Southern Oaks Middle School on Wednesday after she allegedly posted a threat on Instagram ...
Sheriff’s posting of the mugshot of a boy accused of school threat ...
WEB2 days ago · Since the school year started a few weeks ago in Volusia County, Chitwood said, his office has reported more than 280 school threats compared to 352 in all of last year. “Something has to be ...
Police grapple with threats against schools after Georgia ... - NBC News
WEBSep 6, 2024 · In the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia, police across the state and farther afield are dealing with a string of copycat school shooting threats.
TikTok school threat: Districts cancel class, increase security - USA TODAY
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Schools in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Montana, New York and Pennsylvania increased their police presence Friday due to the alleged threats while schools in California, Minnesota,...
School districts increase security after alleged TikTok ... - CBS News
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Educators and law enforcement officials say they haven't seen credible threats of increased violence at schools, but some have increased security following reports of warnings in TikTok videos.
Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible.