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Technology

iHelp Plus App Offers Personal Safety Features

A new personal safety iPhone app called iHelp Plus offers features including customizable alarms, built-inflashlight, and GPS tracking to identify a user's exact location.

September 13, 2012

Patrol

Shots Fired at Illinois High School

A student has been taken into custody after gun shots were fired into the ceiling of Normal Community High School in Normal, Illinois.

September 6, 2012

Patrol

L.A. Schools Move Away From Zero-Tolerance Policies

In a decisive step away from the zero tolerance policies of the 1990s, Los Angeles school police have agreed to stop issuing citations to truant students and instead refer them to city youth centers for educational counseling and other services to help address their academic struggles.

September 3, 2012

Patrol

Students, Parents Struck By 100-Year-Old Driver Outside School

A 100-year-old man hit 11 people—including nine children—with his car Wednesday just after classes at Main Street Elementary had let out for the day.

August 29, 2012

Special Units

Student Wanted To Kill Officer To Join Hells Angels

A North Carolina State University student was involuntarily committed last month at the V.A. Hospital in Durham after telling campus police he planned to go on a killing spree, according to a court document.

August 28, 2012

Patrol

Md. School Shooter Charged As Adult

The 15-year-old Perry Hall High School student suspected of shooting a 17-year-old classmate on Monday will face attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault charges.

August 27, 2012

Patrol

Md. Student Shot On First Day of School

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who opened fire in a high school cafeteria Monday on the first day of school at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County. The shooter, who was a student, was taken into custody after two school staff members him and pinned him against a vending machine.

August 26, 2012

Patrol

UC Davis Police Chief Overrules Panel, Fires Pepper-Spray Officer

UC Davis Police Chief Matthew Carmichael rejected a review that found Lt. John Pike should have faced demotion or a suspension at worst for his involvement in a pepper-spraying controversy that took place on campus in November. Instead, Pike was fired.

August 2, 2012

Patrol

Psychiatrist Warned U. of Colo. About Accused Shooter

Officials at the University of Colorado Denver reportedly didn't follow up on warnings that accused theater shooter James Holmes was potentially dangerous. The school also sent e-mail to the campus community instructing them not to speak to the media in the wake of the July 20 massacre.

August 1, 2012

Patrol

UC Davis Pepper Spray Officer Says He Was Fired

Lt. John Pike, a central figure in last November's pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis, is no longer employed by the university as of Tuesday. UC Davis officials declined further comment; however, Lt. Pike told the Sacramento Bee he was terminated.

July 31, 2012

Patrol

Police: Calif. Professor Plotted Mass Murder

A University of California, Irvine professor who was grieving the suicide of his teenage son is accused of writing in e-mail that he would commit mass murder at his late son's high school.

July 31, 2012

Patrol

17 Hurt In Ala. Bar Shooting, Suspect In Custody

A man toting a military style assault rifle opened fire at a crowded bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala., early Tuesday, wounding 17 people before fleeing the scene. Suspect Nathan Van Wilkins, 44, turned himself in to authorities in Jasper.

July 16, 2012