Active Shooter


After a 17-year-year old student opened fire at his school last week, only minor injuries were reported – due in large part to a teacher tackling the shooter.

No Fatalities in French School Shooting

After a 17-year-year old student opened fire at his school last week, only minor injuries were reported – due in large part to a teacher tackling the shooter.

  • March 20, 2017

Commentary

Reacting With Reason

Every month, almost every day, I hope that there has not been another school shooting where youngsters are hurt, or killed, on an educational campus. Too often that hope goes unfulfilled.

  • By Ralph C. Jensen
  • November 01, 2016
Protecting Outdoor Campus Spaces

Protecting Outdoor Campus Spaces

Securing these outdoor spaces takes a different mindset. Indoors, a lot of effort is spent protecting assets. Outdoors, it’s mostly about protecting people. It’s about the student walking late at night between the library and dorm or the last student heading to their car in a remote parking lot.

  • By Bruce Czerwinski
  • November 01, 2016
A School Lockdown

A School Lockdown

Regardless of whether a lockdown situation occurs because of an intruder, a threat against the school or severe weather, it is important to plan for what happens after the lockdown is initiated.

  • By Karen Evans
  • July 01, 2016

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