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Protecting Outdoor Campus Spaces

Protecting Outdoor Campus Spaces

Securing these outdoor spaces takes a different mindset. Indoors, a lot of effort is spent protecting assets. Outdoors, it’s mostly about protecting people. It’s about the student walking late at night between the library and dorm or the last student heading to their car in a remote parking lot.

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Reacting With Reason

Every month, almost every day, I hope that there has not been another school shooting where youngsters are hurt, or killed, on an educational campus. Too often that hope goes unfulfilled.

A School Lockdown

A School Lockdown

Regardless of whether a lockdown situation occurs because of an intruder, a threat against the school or severe weather, it is important to plan for what happens after the lockdown is initiated.

Burglars with a gun

Campus Security Today News Briefs

From 2025 gun violence statistics showing signs of progress to the high-profile acquittal in the Uvalde shooting trial, we break down the latest shifts in the campus safety landscape.

Person putting gun in school bag

Gun Violence Show Downward Trend, But Is It Enough?

While Omnilert’s 2025 statistics reveal encouraging progress in school safety, the reality of 100+ gun deaths per day demands a shift toward AI detection and integrated prevention.

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