It happened at 11:46 a.m. on a Friday, just three weeks before the Parkland shooting. A southeastern university issued a campus-wide emergency notification advising a gunman was on or near campus, and that individuals should seek protective shelter immediately.
- By Gus Porter, MPH, CPH, Jeff Karpovich, MA, CPP, CHPA
- June 01, 2018
“You never think it is going to happen to you.” That was the first thing Jake Glacer said to me when we sat down to talk at ISC West.
- By Sydny Shepard
- June 01, 2018
A male student was taken into custody on Friday morning after a shooting spree at Santa Fe High School in southeast Texas
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 18, 2018
Dixon High School's School Resource Officer has been called a hero after interrupting a student who fired several shots in the school.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 18, 2018
Training for an active shooter situation can be the difference between a brief disturbance on campus and a mass shooting.
- By Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2018
Campus security has always and will continue to be one of the most important verticals in the security industry. While many K-12, higher education, medical and worship campuses have boosted their policies, protocols and physical security as a result of tragic incidents on campuses across the country, the fact of the matter is: campus security is always evolving.
- By Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2018
I don’t have any kids of my own, but I do have twin sisters that are 17 years old. The school shootings that have plagued campuses across the country have become a topic of regular conversation for me and my sisters.
- By Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2018
In light of the recent tragedies on campuses, many government officials and organizations have been calling for increased security on educational campuses. Perhaps one of the most controversial security measures to surface is the idea of arming teachers on campuses.
- By Patrick V. Fiel Sr., Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2018
This ill-advised idea of arming teachers could lead to more shootings with innocent people being caught in the crossfire
- By Patrick V. Fiel
- February 28, 2018
The post, which as been shared over 1.3 million times, is a photo of a rubber door stop and a story of an aunt urging her nieces to keep it in their backpacks.
- By Sydny Shepard
- February 21, 2018