Five Bergen County districts will be pilot-testing a school safety app before it’s rolled out to the rest of the district’s campuses in September.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 11, 2019
In light of recent attacks on houses of worship, the Potter County Sheriff’s Office has added local churches to its Sunday patrols.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 11, 2019
After a survey revealed that almost 200 Florida schools have not had armed security as required by state law, members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission are urging the Florida Department of Education to “name names and name people” who aren’t compliant.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 10, 2019
Legislators in the Pennsylvania Senate proposed June 3 a $10 million grant program to help faith-based institutions improve their security.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 10, 2019
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the Daviess County Public Schools District to host active shooter response training sessions to about 100 DCPS staff members Tuesday.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 07, 2019
The Fairfield City School District is expanding the presence of police officers in its schools by adding an officer to each of its secondary schools starting next year.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 07, 2019
The McHenry County Mental Health Board is collaborating with 17 school districts in August to train instructors on how to identify and help students who are experiencing mental health problems.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 06, 2019
Accidental discharge of a small pepper spray device led to the evacuation of the cafeteria at Easton Area Middle School on Monday. The pepper spray wasn’t deployed on purpose, according to school officials.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 06, 2019
Lee County Schools is planning multiple security improvements for its schools, including the hiring of more security staff and a new safety coordinator.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 06, 2019
Senate Bill 11, Texas' leading school safety bill, was signed in the House of Representatives on May 27th and is now on the governor’s desk.
The Muscogee County School District is putting together its own police department.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 05, 2019
Work to improve safety and security of 11 schools in Waukesha, Wisc., will begin this month.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 05, 2019
University of New Mexico officials are reportedly considering plans to add an iron fence around the school’s main campus as a security measure.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 05, 2019
Beginning next year, San Antonio Independent School District will offer parents the ability to opt-into a new system that will help them track their children when they take the school bus.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 04, 2019
The Lakeland School District looks to hire more armed guards to their schools after their successful first year with a guard placed at Athol Elementary School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 04, 2019
Imagine, a campus security installation so big that it will take years to complete all the work, and it also means installing solutions with the latest technology and greatest impact to school security.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 01, 2019
Individual schools and districts are always seeking ways to increase their security posture while not losing what makes them uniquely qualified, as educational institutions, to create an environment where learning is invoked through programs, curriculum, and even the design and architecture itself.
- By Michael Niola
- June 01, 2019
You may have heard the term ‘geofence’ thrown around in the controversial discussion about mcommerce (mobile commerce) or you may even know of the benefits of geofencing capabilities within the realm of emergency communication technology, but how vital is geofencing as a non-marketing tool?
- By Todd Pazicni
- June 01, 2019
Our nation’s hospitals and healthcare organizations encounter numerous challenges, both internally and externally, and they need to maintain their continuity of operations every day.
- By Todd Miller
- June 01, 2019
Up until 20 years ago, the word “security” might evoke the image of a night watchman, armored truck or closed-circuit video camera wired to a VCR.
- By Tracie Thomas
- June 01, 2019
Integration of security and fire alarms in facility design and emergency response planning is vitally important in today’s threat environment.
- By April Musser, PE, CFPS, MBA
- June 01, 2019
Everyday nearly 75 million students attend school and rely on administrators to keep them safe. Unfortunately, too many tragic school shootings have shown educators and parents that what is currently in place is simply too little, too late.
- By John Carter
- June 01, 2019
Some of the major requirements DPS needed in their access control system included flexibility and scalability. After much research, DPS discovered Open Options and named them as their access control partner of choice in 2013.
- By Ellie Randall
- June 01, 2019
When most security administrators think about securing their school, usually heavy duty door locks and surveillance cameras come to mind.
- By Larry Reed
- June 01, 2019
EDITOR'S COMMENTARY
For students, faculty and staff, summer break is a relaxing time of year. For those in the campus security industry, it is the perfect time to add upgrades to existing systems, retrofit for more enhanced safety and build upon the policies that have already been created.
- By Sydny Shepard
- June 01, 2019
Summer break is almost here and teachers and students are counting the days until school is out. For many school administrators and facilities managers, however, summer isn’t breaktime.
- By David Corbin
- June 01, 2019
To keep students and faculty safe, we can do far better than electronic passkeys and simple metal detectors. As sophisticated technologies like artificial intelligence are brought to bear in more and more industries, it’s time that we use these and other innovations to promote campus safety.
- By Brett Whitney, Steven Dwek
- June 01, 2019
The Madison Metropolitan School District plans to add security updates such as cameras, a new phone system and classroom door locks for the upcoming school year.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 31, 2019
Whitefish Middle School has added a 10-foot glass barrier at its front office as part of its security measures.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 31, 2019
Phoenix Academy, a charter school with three campuses, is serving as a beta site for a new video-integrated active shooter detection system.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 31, 2019