This week, a high school teacher sued the city, claiming that a rough schedule filled with rowdy freshman was going to send him to an early grave. But that teacher should be counting his lucky stars, since it could have been even worse: last year, there were 1,124 student arrests by safety officers around the city. more ›

One day in September 2008, Queens High School student Stephen Cruz suffered a lacerated forehead when school safety agent Daniel O’Connell, without provocation, allegedly kicked open a restroom stall that Stephen was using. Cruz claims that after he tumbled to the floor bleeding from his head, O'Connell (whom the students called RoboCop) walked away saying, "That's life; it will stop bleeding." Typical robot. more ›