A project by Ohio University to add more than 400 security cameras to the residence halls on its Athens campus is nearing completion.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
Gaylord Community Schools in Michigan plans to use funds awarded by the state’s Competitive School Safety Grant Program to bolster entrance security at three district buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
The Hilo Medical Center is increasing emergency room security following a March 20 incident in which a patient allegedly stabbed three health care workers and punched another.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation is creating its own police department, which will supplement the school resource officers already in place.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Durango School District 9-R has received a $1.1 million grant from the Colorado Division of Homeland Security to boost school security and safety.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Coppell Independent School District has implemented multiple new safety and security measures recently, and is encouraging parents to take advantage of resources to get them involved.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Schools across the Denver area are closed today as a “massive manhunt” continues for a woman “infatuated with Columbine” who is said to be armed and “extremely dangerous,” according to police
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
Chugiak High School is increasing security and adding more surveillance cameras to its campus to cover the additional 600 students moved to the campus after an earthquake rendered Gruening Middle School unsafe.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
The Bentonville School District will be upgrading the emergency notification systems in most of its buildings as part of a project approved by the School Board on Monday.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
The Teton County School District No. 1 board of trustees approved funding April 10 to purchase better locks for school buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
As part of its effort to increase safety on campus, Sacramento State University is installing new locks on its classroom doors and implementing access control measures.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 16, 2019
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 Lower Merion School District is hiring security guards for its schools. The guards will monitor security cameras and handle visitor management at school entrances.
- 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
Kalamazoo Public Schools plans to use a $442,773 grant from the Michigan State Police Office of School Safety to purchase new tools for mass communication.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 05, 2019
A newly proposed school safety bill would require Rhode Island schools to form “threat assessment teams” to discuss students who display concerning behavior.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 05, 2019
Georgia Tech disclosed Tuesday that 1.3 million people’s personal information may have been exposed in a data breach.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 04, 2019
The Lee County School District plans to hire 11 attendants next school year to monitor high school restrooms and curb safety and security problems.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 04, 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.
Much like cities, campuses are embracing sophisticated artificial intelligence and datadriven solutions to understand, mitigate and solve security and operational challenges.
- By Stephanie Weagle
- April 01, 2019
Keeping students and staff safe while they’re at school is critically important for public, private, and charter school leaders—and controlling who has access to the building is a fundamental element of any school safety plan.
- By Mike Vance
- April 01, 2019
Safe and nurturing environments are necessary for today’s learners. It is an unfortunate reality that today’s educators are worried about how safe their school environments are.
- By Victoria Fox
- April 01, 2019
EDITOR'S NOTE
Life is unexpected and even the most perfectly laid plans and strategies go awry no matter how hard you try to plan for all scenarios.
- By Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2019
With the recent media hype about low frequency card readers being easily hacked, schools are now being encouraged to upgrade their low-frequency card readers to higher frequency 13.56 MHz (also known as smart card technology) which are far more difficult to hack.
- By Larry Reed
- April 01, 2019
Many organizations maintain regular technology refresh schedules where old equipment is replaced on a set schedule, usually every three to five years.
- By Brian Carle
- April 01, 2019
Make no mistake, mass notification solutions are a critical necessity no matter what size your campus is.
- By Pat Scheckel
- April 01, 2019
This year, Campus Security & Life Safety will be expanding their successful campus security summits to four new cities: Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and Long Beach, Calif.
One of the most pervasive features of any facility, but especially campus environments such as universities and colleges, is constant change.
- By April Musser, PE, CFPS, MBA
- April 01, 2019
With the ever-present risks of crises and emergency situations on university campuses, the A&MSA Police Department began looking for ways to increase efficiency when it came to campus security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- April 01, 2019