Law enforcement, emergency responders, school officials and students will take part in an active shooter training exercise at Deering High School in Portland, Maine, on Friday and Saturday.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 17, 2019
About 1,000 school administrators and teachers attended this year’s Indiana School Safety Specialists Academy in Indianapolis on Monday, learning how to respond in an emergency and more ways to keep an eye out for their students.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 16, 2019
Colleges and universities in the Carolinas are especially affected by the UNC Charlotte shooting that took place April 30, and are taking note of what can be learned from the tragedy.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 09, 2019
One student is dead and eight others were injured after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colo., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. Two suspects are in custody.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 08, 2019
The Al Noor Masjid, one of the mosques targeted in the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15, is installing security cameras that use artificial intelligence to detect whether someone is armed.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 08, 2019
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida offers houses of worship active shooter training, security surveys of their campus buildings and deputy details.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 06, 2019
The suspected shooter was taken into custody within minutes of the shooting.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 02, 2019
The University of Michigan will start offering optional active attacker training for students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 16, 2019
According to data from the US Naval Postgraduate School’s K-12 school shooting database, there were 94 incidents of gun violence in schools this year.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 18, 2018
"The intention isn't to create a simulation so real that it traumatizes the students, but rather to empower them to understand that in a crisis that they have choices that they can make,” Leigh said.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 17, 2018