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LAUSD Enacts Protective Perimeters Around 100 Schools After Federal Agents Detain Disabled Student

Local leaders have deployed escorted corridors featuring staff patrols, transit adjustments, family-preparedness outreach, virtual options to ensure student safety following a federal detainment incident

A sign at the Los Angeles Unified School District Transportation Services near district headquarters in Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2019. – Teachers in the nation’s second largest school district have postponed a potential strike planned for January 10 to January 14. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Unrelated photo of federal agents stage at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.
Arleta High School, as seen on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.
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Overview

  • A 15-year-old student with significant disabilities was handcuffed at gunpoint by Border Patrol agents outside Arleta High School and released after his identity was confirmed, with school police recovering abandoned ammunition.
  • Los Angeles Unified and city officials have designated approximately 100 campuses as safe zones with protective perimeters to shield children during school travel times.
  • The district has adjusted bus routes, deployed over 1,000 staff and volunteers to campus corridors, and conducted home visits and calls to more than 10,000 families considered at risk.
  • A rapid-response task force led by former Los Angeles School Police Chief Steven Zipperman will coordinate monitoring and alerts for federal enforcement near schools.
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintains agents were targeting a criminal suspect nearby and denies the school was a focus, creating conflicting accounts between federal and local authorities.