Fontana Unified School District's school police officers will now check out a semiautomatic rifle each morning to bring with them on their patrols from school to school.

The New Canaan School District will add five new security officers, new two-way radios and cell service boosters in order to bolster security at the district's schools.

With only two security officers to patrol 900 miles of track, state legislators were pushing to grant those officers the power to arrest, issue citations and use firearms if necessary.

Texas voters could decide whether to tax themselves to pay for armed guards or other public school safety measures.

The first six months of 2012 showed a 1.9 percent increase in violent crime, and a 1.5 percent increase in property crime. 

Times Square will be getting security barriers intended to prevent terrorists and vehicles from entering its pedestrian plazas.

Barack Obama signed legislation that gives him and former President George W. Bush lifetime Secret Service Protection.

Armed guards are now patrolling schools in Marlboro, NJ.

In response to the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Senate has passed a measure to add 1,000 Marines to embassy security forces, nearly doubling the size of the force in 130 countries.

The Brazilian government announced a $900 million investment in its security forces ahead of hosting the 2014 World Cup, in light of rising crime in Sao Paulo and other host cities.