The University of Michigan will start offering optional active attacker training for students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 16, 2019
The Manhasset School District Board of Education is considering revising its campus visitor policy to further protect schools and students.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 05, 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
For those of you who follow this industry, you know this is a remarkable feat. I sat down with Mark Reid, Director of Safety and Security and Cheryl Michaels, Associate Director, at SPU who also founded Educational Safety LLC, a security consulting firm.
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
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
HB 5852 would create new active-shooter training requirements for law enforcement, and HB 5851 would require school administrators to report all threats and attempted violence to state police.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 14, 2018
The bill, proposed by Sen. Affie Ellis, would require the Wyoming Department of Education to work with several organizations, including homeland security, the attorney general’s office and the state construction department, on safety and security guidelines for schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- December 14, 2018
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has made school safety and security a priority for 2019 and beyond.
- By Sydny Shepard
- December 12, 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