This article was originally published in The Conversation. In 1975, only 1% of public schools had their own police officers. Today, 44% do. A large reason for the increase is the Violent Crime ...

When building the Quaker Valley School District police force, Vanatta recruited Watts and recently recommended him as the new chief. “I’ve known him since 25 years ago,” Vanatta said.

For the first time since the voters of Jefferson County passed a school excess levy in 1946, the five-year renewal of the ...