Physical security decisions come down to two categories: Thou shalt and thou should. We must bear this in mind as we create safe havens across our campuses and schools.
- By Mark Berger
- September 15, 2022
In an ideal world, one touch would be all it takes for a teacher to alert school safety teams that they are in danger. However, the reality is that teachers often must be in a specific place to press a button or must remember a series of steps to activate an alert.
- By Paul Shain
- September 15, 2022
Officials from the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school district in the country, have confirmed that the district was hit with a cyberattack over Labor Day weekend, according to national news.
- By Matt Jones
- September 07, 2022
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board has voted unanimously to fire Pete Arredondo, the police chief who helmed law enforcement’s response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.
- By Matt Jones
- August 25, 2022
The complexity and frequency of school safety threats has steadily increased over the last decade—and not only in the ways we’ve come to expect.
- By Gina Sansivero
- July 27, 2022
The most violent year to date for school shootings was 2021, with 193 people killed or wounded. Thus far this year, there have already been 145 victims. This is unacceptable and unconscionable.
- By Dennis Truxler
- July 27, 2022
A Texas House committee investigating the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, released a preliminary report on Sunday.
- By Matt Jones
- July 18, 2022
Local news reports that several teenagers arrested in Donna, Texas, have admitted to planning a school shooting.
- By Matt Jones
- June 24, 2022
National news reports that a man who tried entering a Gadsden, Ala., elementary school while a summer program was in session was shot and killed by police on Thursday morning.
- By Matt Jones
- June 10, 2022
On Sunday, May 29, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will be conducting a review of local law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School last week.
- By Ralph C. Jensen, Matt Jones
- May 24, 2022