Plattsburgh crossing guard under investigation after allegedly striking student Video posted to social media appears to show incident Share Updated: 10:14 AM EDT May 5, 2021 Plattsburgh crossing guard under investigation after allegedly striking student Video posted to social media appears to show incident Share Updated: 10:14 AM EDT May 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript PUBLICITY. IT'S UNCLEAR... WHEN THE JUDGE WILL RESPOND TO THE MOTION. NEW TONIGHT AT 10. THE CITY OF PLATTSBURGH AND IT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT. OPENING AN INVESTIGATION. INTO AN INCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON. INVOLVING A LONG-TIME CROSSING GUARD AT THE city's MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT MAURICE DANIELS JUST YESTERDAY... WHEN THE COMMUNITY SURPRISED HIM WITH 2- THOUSAND DOLLARS.... FOR HIS 20-YEARS OF SERVICE.... WORKING THE CROSS-WALK IN FRONT OF STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE WANT TO WARN YOU TONIGHT. SOME OF YOU... MAY FIND THE VIDEO TO BE DISTURBING. PLATTSBURGH MAYOR CHRIS ROSENQUEST TELLS NBC FIVE NEWS... THAT HE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT... ARE AWARE OF THIS VIDEO CIRCULATING ON FACEBOOK... SHOWING DANIELS CONFRONTING A 12-YEAR OLD BOY... NEAR THE CROSSWALK AFTER SCHOOL TODAY. DANIELS APPEARS TO SLAP THE 7-TH GRADER IN THE HEAD. WE'RE TOLD DANIELS WILL NOT RETURN TO WORK until further notice. . THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO AWARE OF THE VIDEO... POSTING TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE... "THE PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.... HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF A VIDEO... THAT WAS POSTED ON FACEBOOK TODAY.... WHICH APPEARS TO SHOW AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A STUDENT AND A CROSSING GUARD. CROSSING GUARDS IN THE CITY OF PLATTSBURGH ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE PLATTSBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL IMMEDIATELY BRING THIS MATTER TO THEIR ATTENTION." THEY SAY THEIR SON HAD STEPPED OUT INTO THE CROSSWALK WHEN THIS CONFRONTATION STARTED. THAT HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO DANIELS... THAT WOULD HAVE PROVOKED GETTING SLAPP