District 11 in Colorado Springs plans to use almost $650,000 in state grants to increase security at three of its elementary schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 03, 2019
School safety procedures and emergency response tactics have changed in the 20 years since the Columbine High School Massacre.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 02, 2019
The suspected shooter was taken into custody within minutes of the shooting.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 02, 2019
Volusia County school district leaders are considering adding new policies to increase safety on campus next year.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 02, 2019
Robinson School Corporation is adding a second school resource officer to patrol its schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 01, 2019
Lynbrook public schools are strengthening their security with a new visitor entrance policy.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 01, 2019
Gaylord Community Schools in Michigan plans to use funds awarded by the state’s Competitive School Safety Grant Program to bolster entrance security at three district buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
The Hilo Medical Center is increasing emergency room security following a March 20 incident in which a patient allegedly stabbed three health care workers and punched another.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation is creating its own police department, which will supplement the school resource officers already in place.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Durango School District 9-R has received a $1.1 million grant from the Colorado Division of Homeland Security to boost school security and safety.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Coppell Independent School District has implemented multiple new safety and security measures recently, and is encouraging parents to take advantage of resources to get them involved.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
The Seminole County School Board is looking to designate new locations where students can be picked up by parents in case of an emergency.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 04, 2019
We've collected the top Campus Security & Life Safety stories published in our print issues this year.
- By Jessica Davis, Sydny Shepard
- December 28, 2018
Predicting campus security trends ahead of the New Year.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 27, 2018
Campus Security & Life Safety takes a look back at the trending security measures on campuses in 2018.
- By Jessica Davis, Sydny Shepard
- December 26, 2018
Superintendent Josha Talison said he is working to get uniformed police officers or sheriff’s deputies present at all after-school activities.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 21, 2018
According to Lynch and the school board, participation in the program would be 100 percent voluntary, and volunteers would be vetted via an extensive process before being approved.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 21, 2018
East Islip school officials said they will be implementing security changes beginning early next year, including the addition of armed security guards on campuses and the installation of new safety hardware.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 21, 2018
On Sunday, Nov. 11, a small fire broke out in a reading intervention classroom at Sierra House. The fire was caused by electrical overload, contained to the one classroom and quickly extinguished. The school reopened on Nov. 14.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 20, 2018
The number of data security incidents reported by the education sector in the U.K. increased by more than 43 percent after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), reports Schools Week.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 20, 2018
The suspect was charged with felony counts of disorderly conduct and aggravated battery related to the incident, which took place Nov. 28.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 20, 2018
House Bill 1035 focuses on school resource officers while House Bill 1038 aims to authorize certain school employees to carry firearms on campuses.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 19, 2018
"He got into the 1200 building because that door was unlocked and unstaffed and that we say that is a security failure," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 19, 2018
Wisconsin is requiring schools to develop crisis management procedures and share their safety plans with the community. The De Pere School Board’s latest school safety plan is 88 pages long.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 19, 2018
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- December 18, 2018
IN FORCE911 is a desktop and mobile app that allows faculty and staff at schools to launch an emergency alert in as few as 12 seconds. The alert is sent directly to dispatch, police and even officer cellphones, giving critical information about the crisis event, including the location on campus from which the alert originated.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 18, 2018
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
Upon investigation, the hospital found that the exposed information may have been accessed between Sept. 22-29, but that there was no evidence that the information was disclosed or used by bad actors.
- 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
According to board members, the primary function of the position is to prevent unauthorized entry into campus buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 17, 2018