New Security System Headed To North Texas Elementary Schools
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – There are new security systems headed to elementary schools in one North Texas school district. The Arlington school board is moving ahead to install buzzer/camera systems at...
View ArticleTexas Lawmakers Propose School Security Tax Plan
AUSTIN (AP) — Three state lawmakers want to allow voters to set up special taxing districts to pay for enhanced security at Texas public schools. Schools typically pay for security measures out of...
View ArticleSmall School Districts Want More For Security
STEPHENVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - With security cameras on all of its campuses, an electronic emergency notification system, and a full time school police officer; Stephenville ISD is better off than many...
View ArticleDallas ISD Considering Campus Security Upgrades
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees is set to discuss a proposal which would provide an additional $4.5 million to improve campus security across the...
View ArticleVolunteer Citizen Patrols Will Add Security To FWISD Schools
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - The Fort Worth Police Department on Friday will announce a new program to add more security in schools without increasing the numbers of uniformed officers on campus. There...
View ArticleSouthlake Reveals Plan To Put Armed Police Officers At Every School
SOUTHLAKE (CBS 11 NEWS) - An armed police officer could be in every school in Southlake by the fall, at no cost to the Carroll Independent School District. A task force of city, school and private...
View ArticleI-Team: Small Schools Forced To Cut Security Measures
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - In theory, having a security officer or monitor at every school sounds like a great idea; but public funding and budgets make that nearly impossible. Recently, Fort Worth...
View ArticleNew Plano ISD Security Plan Includes Mobile Panic Buttons
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Administrators in the Plano Independent School District have decided on a new plan to keep students safe in schools. While the human security presence will be increased the...
View ArticleMore Armed Officers To Begin School Year In Carroll ISD
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s official. There will be more armed officers at schools in the Carroll Independent School District when classes begin in a few weeks. A special task force consisting of...
View ArticleEnhanced School Security Awaits Returning DISD Students
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The new school year is just days away. This year, when thousands of Dallas Independent School District students return to the classroom they’ll be surrounded by better security....
View ArticleSchool Security Changes Have Parents Dropping Kids At The Curb
A mother and daughter are seen on their way to school. (credit: Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – For some it’s the end of a tradition that has taken place for generations....
View ArticleSouthlake Parents & Kids Meet Campus Armed Police Officers
SOUTHLAKE (CBS 11 NEWS) – Students and parents in Southlake, some still apprehensive over the plan to have armed officers in schools, met the armed police officers who will be assigned to schools for...
View ArticleFrisco Schools Offering Free Lunches For More Security
FRISCO (CBS 11 NEWS) - America will soon observe the passing of one year since the Sandy Hook massacre. Since that time, local school districts have struggled to find affordable ways to make...
View ArticleRumors Of Violence Raise Concerns At Irving High School
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20141114184439467AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – Rumors, security concerns and the arrest of a student at Nimitz High School...
View ArticleIncreased Security After Threats To 2 North Texas School Campuses
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Parents, faculty and staff in different parts of North Texas are on alert today after threats were made at two different school...
View ArticleVideo Shows Officer At Texas ISD Body-Slamming Girl
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (CBS NEWS) – Officials in San Antonio were investigating video that apparently shows a school district police officer body-slamming a middle school...
View ArticleTexas Girl Suspended After Being Thrown To Ground By Officer
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas woman says her 12-year-old daughter was suspended from school following an altercation with another student that ended with a...
View ArticleTexas School District Fires Officer Who Body-Slammed Girl
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio school officer caught on tape body-slamming a middle-school student was fired Monday by the district, which said the officer’s...
View ArticleTexas Architects Designing Schools With High-Tech Security
NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Most adults’ memories of school safety measures are limited to walking single file down a hallway during the occasional fire drill. Today, security begins with the very...
View ArticleAledo ISD Beefs Up Security
ALEDO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – One North Texas school district is beefing up security as a direct response to the shooting in Florida. The district says they’d rather pay for cops even if it means making...
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