Guilford County Schools officials are reevaluating safety and security at campuses in Greensboro, N.C., after an incident last week in which an armed man walked into the Smith High School cafeteria and demanded that employees bring him two people on his hit list.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 13, 2018
Being able to access school cameras in an emergency would allow the police to locate a shooter or intruder more quickly and learn more key information that would help with a rapid response, according to Porter County Sheriff Dave Reynolds.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 13, 2018
The Shepherd Police Department recently accepted a grant of more than $82,000 from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, which will go toward putting trauma kits in 540 Isabella County classrooms.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 13, 2018
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has made school safety and security a priority for 2019 and beyond.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 12, 2018
The campus security market is expected to grow due to the increasing threats schools face.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 12, 2018
Parents and students have criticized an Orlando-area school following a "Code Red" drill that created unnecessary chaos.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 12, 2018
“Point of View” takes place during a regular high school day, showing the events through the eyes of a school shooter. The shooter is silent, ignored and bullied by turns before finally bursting into a school auditorium with a gun and yelling “Look at me!” while his peers recoil in fear.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 11, 2018
“We’re looking for those folks who really want to make a huge impact. Post Parkland we’ve had a surge of people who really want to make a difference,” schools police Chief Edwin Lopez told CBS Miami.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 11, 2018
As part of the PSU Police’s Student Safety Ambassadors program, student ambassadors patrol the campus grounds, walking through buildings at night. The students also help with late-night safe walks, escorting students back to their residence halls after dark.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 11, 2018
The measure, A-4597, would help parochial and private schools pay security guards, purchase alarm systems and take other steps to improve security at a cost to the state of $11.3 million.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 10, 2018
According to Jared Larsen, president of the HUB Community Association, HUB residents do not feel safe.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 10, 2018
“An off-duty police officer in uniform,” Fr. Steve DeLeon said. "It's sad. It’s supposed to be a place of worship where everybody should feel safe, but I think we are living in different times."
- By Jessica Davis
- December 10, 2018
A magazine filled with live ammunition prompted a lockdown at a Colorado Springs high school.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 07, 2018
A Washington State school district and police department are partnering up to provide an SRO to the local high school.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 07, 2018
The district’s safety measures were evaluated by an advisory council that included police officers, community members and CCSD staff. The list of recommendations was released Tuesday, and Superintendent Jesus Jara decided which suggestions the district should implement immediately.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 06, 2018
Each of the Arkansas School Safety Commission’s recommendations is categorized under mental health and prevention, law enforcement and security, audits, emergency operation plans and drills, intelligence and communication, or physical security.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 06, 2018
CCSD plans to install a shooter detection system, key fob access control, a wired and wireless panic button system, a paging system, a metal detector, two-way radios and upgrades to lighting. The STOP School Violent Act will pay for 75 percent of the costs for these upgrades.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 06, 2018
According to Broyles, the volunteers went through 60 hours of intensive training with law enforcement. The school district wants CSSOs on and near campuses in case of an emergency.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 05, 2018
Western Community Unit School District aims to have a lock system on every door in the school and on the additional outside doors by winter break.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 05, 2018
"We would be considered a soft target," ECTC’s Brent Holsclaw told WDRB. "So what we have to do is, we have to prepare ourselves."
- By Jessica Davis
- December 05, 2018
The entrances to middle school campuses will require visitors to ring in on an intercom system and be buzzed in by someone in the front office.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 04, 2018
“We are increasing the number of public safety patrols around campus, all of campus, but in particular, the residence halls,” college official Michael Graca said.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 04, 2018
Many Michigan districts are re-evaluating and upgrading their security measures to increase campus safety and security in light of increased incidents of gun violence in the U.S.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 04, 2018
Planning for everything that could possibly go wrong is second nature for members of the University of Calgary’s Risk portfolio, who are constantly tracking the worst-case scenario and developing strategies to prevent it.
- By Rebekah Jarvis
- December 01, 2018
- By Sydny Shepard, Andreas Pettersson
- December 01, 2018
Keeping K-12 schools safe is a challenging business. School administrators and security personnel face the task of weighing real and perceived threats, and finding effective and cost-efficient ways to address them while maintaining a non-threatening environment.
- By Ken LaMarca
- December 01, 2018
In emergency situations, seconds count, so knowing how to immediately identify and respond effectively to any level of emergency is critical.
- By Tony Bradberry
- December 01, 2018
EDITOR COMMENTARY
We all have a Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn account and we have all seen a post go viral. For whatever reason, despite the topic of the post, the content is deemed relevant by thousands, sometimes millions of people who decide to view, comment, like and share these posts to their timelines.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 01, 2018
The use of cloud technologies for campus access control has enabled university students, faculty and staff to employ their mobile devices for valuable new experiences that range from entering dorm rooms to making cafeteria purchases with a simple tap or twist of their phones.
- By Hilding Arrehed
- December 01, 2018