When bullet-proof backpacks are sold out at your local Wal-Mart, you know something must change.
- By Clayton Brown
- December 01, 2019
To enhance security across its numerous campuses, GCSD deployed a complete video security and critical communications solution including Avigilon Control Center (ACC) video management software, Motorola Solutions XPR 3500e radios and over 1,000 Avigilon cameras.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- December 01, 2019
Not all campus environments are created equal and neither are the threats they face.
- By Rick Tampier
- December 01, 2019
An independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition boasts many accomplishments in the areas of health, energy, workforce development, environmental sciences and social policies.
- By Kim Rahfaldt
- December 01, 2019
EDITOR'S COMMENTARY
The duties of the WatchDOG vary, but every volunteer is able to spend some time with their child, or in my case, a granddaughter.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- December 01, 2019
Campuses can present a unique challenge when designing and installing a life-safety system.
- By Bob Teta
- December 01, 2019
When a high school actually wears out lock mechanisms while trying to keep its students safe, it is definitely time for a cloud-based wireless upgrade.
- By Margie Gurwin
- December 01, 2019
School emergency response plans are designed to proactively address a variety of hazards and threats and formalize the roles and responsibilities of those schools, school districts and community partners.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 30, 2019
Security officers at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus may soon be able to carry firearms.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 30, 2019
The state’s top safety official says the government needs more resources to investigate tips submitted through iWatchTexas, a centralized site for reporting threats.
- By Haley Samsel
- September 27, 2019
The state superintendent says that the $11 million in funding will push South Carolina closer to its goal of having a school resource officer in every school.
- By Haley Samsel
- September 27, 2019
At an evidentiary hearing on Tuesday, Devon Erickson’s lawyer claimed that his co-defendant threatened him and coerced him into using cocaine prior to the shooting in a Denver suburb.
- By Haley Samsel
- September 26, 2019
The hearing is set for Thursday, a day after lawmakers and advocates gathered on Capitol Hill for a rally to fight gun violence.
- By Haley Samsel
- September 26, 2019
Two school districts are enhancing its safety and security measures to prevent shootings and other threats.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 25, 2019
The School Safety Clearinghouse Act would be managed by the Department of Homeland Security, and include recommendations from professionals on school safety.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 25, 2019
Champion National Security says the university owes them more than $190,000. Despite efforts to try and set up a payment plan, the company said communication went cold with SAU.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 24, 2019
Two more students have been arrested in Florida for planning a mass shooting. They are the latest in a string of teenagers in the state who been arrested for threats.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 24, 2019
A teen was overheard making threats to shoot his school up. Although a gun was not present at the time he was searched, he was charged with a felony.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 23, 2019
Two teens in Philadelphia are the latest victims in a string of shootings that have taken place at or near high school football games across the country.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 23, 2019
No one is checking whether Colorado’s school safety programs are making students safer, and it’s possible that some schools are getting duplicate programs while others are being left out.
- By Sherelle Black
- September 20, 2019