Tag: school security
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Gov. signs school security legislation into law; building blueprints required
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill into law that requires the administrators of all public and nonpublic schools in New Jersey to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement agencies in an electronic format. In August, Murphy announced a $6.5 million investment in American Rescue Plan funds toward a statewide school security…
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New law requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed A-4075/3229 into law, requiring the board of education in each school district and the board of trustees at each charter school or renaissance school in New Jersey to develop and adopt a policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team at their respective schools. According to a press release…
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Howell schools will have armed police presence beginning in September
HOWELL — Beginning in September there will be an armed police officer on duty every day at every elementary school and at both middle schools in Howell. During a Township Council meeting on June 14, Mayor Theresa Berger announced an agreement that will put an officer at each school and said, “Thank you to the…
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Howell schools will have armed police presence beginning in September
HOWELL — Beginning in September there will be an armed police officer on duty every day at every elementary school and at both middle schools in Howell. During a Township Council meeting on June 14, Mayor Theresa Berger announced an agreement that will put an officer at each school and said, “Thank you to the…
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Red Bank schools, council agree to have officers provide security at schools
RED BANK – The Red Bank Borough Council and the Red Bank Borough Public Schools Board of Education have entered into a shared services agreement through which Class III school resource officers will provide security at the borough’s schools. During a meeting on Sept. 14, council members authorized the execution of the agreement for the…
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Gov. Murphy signs legislation requiring age-appropriate school security drills
Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation (A-5727/S-3726) into law which requires school security drills to be age-appropriate and to prevent unnecessary traumatization of children. Among other requirements, the legislation prohibits the use of fake blood, real or prop firearms, or the simulations of gun shots or explosions in school security drills, according to a press…
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Retired sheriff’s officer now on duty in four Lawrence schools
Aiming to beef up security in the community’s public schools, a third Class III special law enforcement officer (SLEO) has been hired by the Lawrence Township Public Schools and Lawrence Township municipal government in a joint arrangement. George A. Henderson Jr., who is a retired Mercer County sheriff’s officer, began work this month as a…
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Eatontown superintendent requests financial help to place officers in schools
Scott McCue, the superintendent of schools in the Eatontown Public Schools, is asking borough officials to help fund the hiring of armed police officers for the schools. During a meeting of the Eatontown Borough Council on April 10, Police Chief William P. Lucia and McCue advocated for the hiring of two Class III special law…
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School district will terminate agreement for police officers in two buildings
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education will not renew an agreement through which the Manalapan Police Department places an armed Class III special law enforcement officer in the Pine Brook School and in the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) each day school is in session. The agreement is in place for the 2018-19…