Last year, Williamson County Schools implemented a three-tiered WCS Threat Assessment Flowchart to help mitigate school threats. Now, a bill has been signed into law that will help districts in Tennessee establish a threat assessment team.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 08, 2019
New Indiana state laws went into effect July 1, and there are some key changes to school bus laws, firearm legislation, and overall school safety.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 08, 2019
The Johnson City Police Department held their first free security seminar for places of worship two years ago. On July 16, they will be offering their second free seminar at Memorial Park Community Center.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 05, 2019
This new law will allow anyone, except felons, to carry a stun gun on Iowa’s public university or community college properties.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 03, 2019
Collin College is looking at massive security communications improvements over the summer and fall. The Collin County Community College District Board of Trustees approved a contract to purchase and install blue light towers and stainless-steel e-phones for all campuses.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- July 02, 2019
Installation of security vestibules has begun on Lynbrook District’s campuses, according to Dr. Paul Lynch, assistant superintendent of finance, operations and information systems.
- By Jessica Davis
- July 01, 2019
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday that naloxone, the opioid-overdose reversal drug, would be made available in every school in the state.
- By Jessica Davis
- June 27, 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
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