Oregon District Combines Video Surveillance with Access Control When Eric Ryan joined Crook County School District as the new technology director in fall 2021, improving security in each school building was one of his top priorities. Like Lancaster School District, CCSD was relying on older IP-based cameras. During his first week on the job, Ryan...Read More

China has adopted crucial new standards to enhance the safety of children in vehicles, following technical support from WHO. The updates to China’s national standards on child safety restraints (such as child car seats) should reduce deaths and injuries among children involved in road crashes.  Globally and in China, road traffic crashes are a leading...Read More

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — Five people were arrested in an undercover sting operation, conducted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), targeting online child predators online. During the operation, undercover deputies posed as underage boys and girls on multiple dating apps, social media sites, and other online platforms. The undercover deputies were then contacted...Read More

Publish Date: June 30, 2023 3:38 pmAuthor: Texas AFT As a union, we like to say “educators’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions.” While this adage applies to diverse issues such as class size, school funding, and facilities, nowhere is that phrase more relevant than when it comes to school safety.  As gun violence has...Read More

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin filed a lawsuit Thursday against Discord, Inc., accusing the messaging platform of engaging in deceptive practices that left children vulnerable to online predators and explicit content while misleading parents about the effectiveness of its safety features. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Essex County,...Read More

Even as schools continue to report an increase in students’ behavioral problems and mental health needs, the majority of educators say they generally feel safe at school. But many say they feel less safe than they did in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every part of life, as well as every detail of schooling....Read More

The LCSO made tenth arrest connected to internet chat operation. Kyle James Ross Bulton also known as Kyle James Ross Ball 30 of Washington DC was arrested and charged with two counts of “use of a communication device to facilitate certain offenses involved children” This arrest concludes the undercover internet chat operation that took place...Read More

WALLOWA, OR – A Wallowa man was one of five people arrested in an undercover child predator sting conducted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on May 15. David Vichi, 49, of Wallowa, was taken into custody after investigators say he arranged to meet someone he believed was a minor for sex. Instead, he was...Read More

An Arizona father is behind bars on attempted murder charges after he attacked a Department of Child Safety case worker, putting him in a brutal chokehold for nearly three agonizing minutes. De’Andre Johnson, 37, livestreamed the vicious assault on social media Tuesday. The disturbing footage shows Johnson strangling the case worker following an hour-long interview...Read More

Federal agents raided the NYPD’s School Safety Division headquarters in Queens Thursday as part of a probe into city contracts, sources said. The raids are the latest to target Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and appear linked to an investigation into Tim Pearson, a former senior aide and one of Hizzoner’s longtime friends under scrutiny for allegedly...Read More