The University of Florida is implementing a new safety and security plan, which will cost the university about $30 million over the next five years.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 2019
A drug-sniffing dog will begin working at Riverside Methodist Hospital on July 1.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 2019
Manistee Area Public Schools plans to spend $150,000 of general fund money to improve security at the entrance of Manistee Middle/High School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., has installed a gunshot detection system. The system is designed to give administrators and law enforcement a nearly-instant notification of the gunshot and its location.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
The Montgomery County Board of Education, which oversees the largest school system in Maryland, gave final approval Monday to a policy requiring campuses to create behavioral threat assessment teams to screen for potentially violent or threatening students or community members.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 26, 2019
EverPresent Church in Batavia, N.Y., has set in place a new identification system for families with young children, among other security measures, in response to a recent security incident at their campus and other incidents at houses of worship across the country.
Butte, Mont., school administrators are making changes to elementary school campuses to update security and protect students.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019
Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., will be allowed access to schools’ security cameras in case of an emergency in some districts this fall in an initiative called S.H.A.R.E. – Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 25, 2019
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation earlier this month that will allow Briarwood Presbyterian Church to hire its own police force.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
Tulane University will begin using Everbridge as its emergency alert system June 28.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
Officials at Cincinnati Public Schools are debuting a new anti-bullying program that will begin next school year.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 24, 2019
The BayCare Health System of hospitals in Florida has increased security measures at most of its facilities now, including metal detector screenings.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 21, 2019
Cameras have been installed at the entrances and exits of University of Central Florida to scan the license plates of cars on campus and check them against law enforcement databases, officials announced Thursday.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 21, 2019
The Mamaroneck School District is beefing up security after a number of alleged threats made recently toward Hommocks Middle School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 21, 2019
The Douglas Mental Health University Institute has assembled a task force to look at ways to increase safety and security at the facility.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 20, 2019
Westfield Public Schools is implementing extra security measures through the end of the school year following the arrest last week of an armed man outside of Tamaques Elementary School.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 20, 2019
Corpus Christi Independent School District is adding extra security measures to the entrances of its middle and elementary school campuses this summer.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 20, 2019
Churches in Central Louisiana are working to increase their security and safety measures following at least one threat to a local church and increased threats to houses of worship nationwide.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 19, 2019
Buncombe County Schools will be the first school district in the U.S. to test a new student safety app designed to help school officials more effectively help students with health or behavioral needs.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 19, 2019
At least two post-secondary campuses in Toronto, Ontario, were evacuated Tuesday morning as law enforcement investigated bomb threats to multiple city schools. One campus was reopened quickly after it was determined to be safe.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 19, 2019
Mitchell High School has added a new security system to all exterior doors of its building.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 18, 2019
An audit of New York City schools released by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that some city schools are unprepared for a shooting or other emergency situations.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 18, 2019
Rancocas Valley Regional High School has been testing weapon detection software made by former U.S. Navy SEALS in hopes it could reduce the chance of a school shooting incident.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 18, 2019
The Fouke School District is adding a police dog to its staff as part of school security upgrades, thanks to a partnership with Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Barrett.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 17, 2019
The Safe2Tell program, which allows students to anonymously report school safety concerns in Colorado, received a record number of tips this May.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 17, 2019
Chadron Public Schools is updating its outdated security system this summer to a more efficient, multi-platform framework.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 17, 2019
The Little Rock School District is upgrading its camera system, replacing 1,326 cameras throughout the district.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 14, 2019
Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) plan to install a new lockdown lighting system, which will include lights on the exterior of the buildings that flash during a lockdown to indicate that people outside should not enter the building.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 14, 2019
The Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education is planning to pilot test an incident management platform that is designed to help prepare schools for an emergency.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 14, 2019
Last Wednesday, teachers at Allegany-Limestone Elementary School were given buckets full of medical supplies and other materials that would help secure their classroom in the event of an active-shooter incident.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 12, 2019