More than 40% of public schools in 2016 had a school resource officer, who is a sworn law enforcement officer. ... "Our school safety officers are not sworn Philadelphia police officers.

In 2017, as the Philadelphia schools sought to resolve the matter at Solis-Cohen, district leaders enlisted Isaac Gardner, the third-grader’s father, to help with a review of school police officer ...

Ten schools in the Philadelphia School District were named in a threat posted to Instagram on Wednesday evening. The anonymous poster threatened to shoot at the schools on Thursday, Feb. 7.

Philadelphia Police are searching for a man after he shot a Philadelphia School District Public Safety officer. Police say the shooting occurred on June 29 at 1:47 a.m. on the 300 block of N.

Philadelphia Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker selects city's chief of school safety as next police commissioner The PA Democrat's campaign was focused on addressing public safety and quality-of-life issues ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- After a 2023-24 academic year that included multiple after-school shootings, SEPTA announced a new safety plan to protect the approximately 55,000 students who rely on public ...

Police say a suspect was arrested in Paramus, New Jersey, in the shooting that critically injured a Philadelphia school safety officer at the end of June.

In the 2022-23 school year, 199 public school students were shot and 33 killed, sobering figures that Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr., School Safety Chief Kevin Bethel, school board ...

A Philadelphia public school student says she was the victim of a brutal attack during lunch this past Thursday. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Welcome, Mickey ...

In 2014, a Philadelphia deputy police commissioner reversed a longstanding policy of automatic arrests, an approach that has lowered recidivism and improved school safety. NewsHour Weekend's Megan ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a public safety issue that impacts all school aged-children citywide. Philadelphia police confirm they're severely short-handed when it comes to manning the designated ...