CLAY COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOLS POLICE DEPARTMENT

More than one student is in school police custody Wednesday after a firearm was found on the campus of Oakleaf High School, according to a message sent to parents by Principal Matthew Boyack.

Ahead of the new school year, Clay County officials on Monday laid out their plans to keep students safe and protect against mass shootings.

Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

If you have any information please call 911.

Reported threats made toward schools in Northeast Florida have captured the attention of parents and law enforcement -- and police want students to know, the threats can come with serious consequences.

Clay County District Schools Police Department is warning students not to participate in a new social media challenge.

The Clay County District Schools Police Department posted a warning to parents Tuesday night about social media posts that could threaten schools in the county and neighboring areas. “The author of a newer social media post apparently formed conclusions of what they heard. We will continue to monitor safety and security measures at all Clay County Schools,” the department’s updated Facebook post read. UPDATE from social media post from March 9, 2021 Clay County District School Parents: After yesterday’s notice to... Posted by Clay County District Schools Police Department on Wednesday, March 10, 2021Visible police presence could be seen at schools around the county Wednesday. “Social media is a platform that everybody uses in one way or another.”

A Clay County District Schools Police Department officer who was forced to retired last September as he battled an illness has died, the department said. Officer Greg Lott was one of the 46 inaugural officers when the CCDSPD was formed in 2019. “The loss of his dedication to the students, faculty and the community will be greatly missed,” the department wrote in a Facebook post. “Officer Greg Lott is 10-7 in Heaven!”10-7 is the police code for “out of service.”

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A custodian at Middleburg High School was arrested and accused of selling a controlled substance to an undercover deputy with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Working with the Clay County District Schools Police Department, Kristen Howard was arrested Friday at the school and booked into the Clay County jail. On Wednesday, members of the CCSO Targeted Narcotics Team arranged to buy Suboxone pills from Howard at Middleburg High School. Those News4Jax spoke to said Middleburg High is a good school and the actions of one shouldn’t tarnish the school as a whole. “One custodian cannot ruin the school, but if it kept on going it could have.”A spokeswoman from the Clay County School District issued a statement about the arrest: