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LAUSD Establishes Safe Zones After Disabled Student Handcuffed by Federal Agents

More than 1,000 staff will guard campus perimeters to ease families’ fears after the detention; federal agencies deny targeting schools.

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 outside Arleta High School in a case of mistaken identity and was released after school police intervention.
  • District officials recovered live ammunition left at the scene and described the episode as reprehensible, acknowledging the trauma the student endured.
  • As the new school year begins, LAUSD will create protective perimeters around over 100 campuses, deploy more than 1,000 staff, reroute buses, distribute preparedness packs and offer virtual academy options.
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its agents were pursuing a criminal suspect nearby and denies deliberately targeting any school, leaving questions about oversight unresolved.
  • LAUSD reaffirmed its policy that federal officers need judicial warrants to enter campuses and urged Congress to establish legally binding buffer zones around schools.