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This Florida college is courting custodians, lunch workers, others to become teachers. Here’s the plan
Read full article: This Florida college is courting custodians, lunch workers, others to become teachers. Here’s the planLocal school districts are finding new ways to fill spots during a major teacher shortage. Volusia, Brevard, and Flagler counties are now working with Daytona State College to get district employees who want to teach their bachelor's degrees.
Student critically hurt when his gun discharges while walking to class at Daytona State College
Read full article: Student critically hurt when his gun discharges while walking to class at Daytona State CollegeA 39-year-old student was critically injured in an accidental shooting while walking to class on the campus of Daytona State College, police say.
Police chief, sheriff discuss changes after Trayvon Martin and George Floyd cases
Read full article: Police chief, sheriff discuss changes after Trayvon Martin and George Floyd casesIn the decade since Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, and especially in the last couple of years since George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, policing has rapidly evolved — perhaps the most ever in a short amount of time.
Volusia County sheriff creates his own police academy to get the ‘best’ deputies
Read full article: Volusia County sheriff creates his own police academy to get the ‘best’ deputiesVolusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was searching for a way to find better recruits and make better cops so he created the first police academy in Central Florida to be entirely run by a local sheriff’s office.
No more neck restraints: Daytona State College teaches evolving defensive tactics training
Read full article: No more neck restraints: Daytona State College teaches evolving defensive tactics trainingDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When Florida implemented a sweeping overhaul of statewide police training last year, all Defensive Tactics instructors at Daytona State College’s School of Emergency Services had to learn the changes in a 24-hour-long update class. “When someone is on the ground, you either have to control their head, pin their head to the ground, or pin their hips to the ground, to keep them on the ground,” Walker said. AdMany of the recruits and trainees that come to Daytona State College will end up at police departments and sheriff’s offices across Central Florida. Daytona State offers an entire law enforcement academy, Defensive Tactics training being one of the courses. All instructors must complete around 80 hours of training and Defensive Tactics instructors have to undergo an additional 80 hours of training.
UPDATE: Daytona State College reopens after evacuation over ‘specific threat,’ officials say
Read full article: UPDATE: Daytona State College reopens after evacuation over ‘specific threat,’ officials sayDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona State College is back open after its campus was evacuated due to what school officials called a “specific threat” on campus. Daytona State officials tweeted shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday asking all students, faculty and staff to evacuate the Daytona Beach campus. “Due to a specific threat on the Daytona Beach Campus, we are asking that all students, faculty and staff immediately evacuate the Daytona Beach Campus until further notice,” the tweet read. Due to a specific threat on the Daytona Beach Campus, we are asking that all students, faculty and staff immediately evacuate the Daytona Beach Campus until further notice. Threat prompts evacuation of Daytona State College campus on Feb. 16, 2021, officials say.
Daytona State College campus remains closed after police determine bomb threat was unfounded
Read full article: Daytona State College campus remains closed after police determine bomb threat was unfoundedVOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Daytona State College campuses were evacuated Friday morning after college officials say they received information about a “potential threat.”The college announced all campuses would be closed until further notice in a tweet around 10:30 a.m.Daytona Beach police responded to a reported bomb threat and assisted with campus evacuations. Due to potential threat, please evacuate all Daytona State College campuses immediately. All Daytona State College campuses are closed until further notice. — Daytona State (@DSC_News) January 22, 2021“Due to a potential threat and out of an abundance of caution, we have evacuated all Daytona State College campuses,” DSC director of communications Chris Thomes said in an email. “All Daytona State College campuses are closed until further notice.
Daytona State College suspends sports after unacceptable spike in COVID-19 positivity rate
Read full article: Daytona State College suspends sports after unacceptable spike in COVID-19 positivity rateDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. All athletic activities at Daytona State College have been suspended due to what school officials are calling an unacceptable increase in positivity rate among student athletes. School officials said on Friday that 20 out of 165 student athletes had tested positive for COVID-19. Daytona State College Athletics has been an integral part of the planning process for the fall semester. Once they are out of quarantine, the college will no longer house students in the apartment complex where the spike was reported, Thomes said. Fifty-nine of those cases were reported in Volusia County, where Daytona State College is located.
Daytona State College offering COVID-19 testing by appointment
Read full article: Daytona State College offering COVID-19 testing by appointmentDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Health officials are offering COVID-19 testing at Daytona State College from Tuesday until Thursday and plan to complete 150 tests per day. According to a news release, anyone who has experienced symptoms of COVID-19 outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should make an appointment to be tested on campus. Symptoms, according to the CDC, include:CoughFeverChillsShortness of breath or difficulty breathingMuscle painSore throatNew loss of taste or smellWe encourage anyone who is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or who has been in sustained contact with a confirmed COVID-19 positive person to make an appointment, said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. The site is located at 3000 Palm Coast Parkway SE, and anyone who would like to be tested should call 386-313-4200. For a list and interactive map showing other locations offering COVID-19 testing, click here.
Orange City police officer dies unexpectedly, officials say
Read full article: Orange City police officer dies unexpectedly, officials sayDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Officials with the Orange City Police Department said one of their sergeants died Tuesday after her body was found at a Daytona Beach splash park. Orange City Police Chief Wayne Miller said in a statement Sgt. Kelly Jo Brubaker, 49, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening. “The men and women of the Orange City Police Department are stunned by the unexpected death of our dear friend and co-worker Sgt. The Orange City Police Department already greatly misses Kelly Jo.