If you have school-aged children, chances are that they’ve heard about or experienced school shootings. As of 2019, the count now stands at more than 220,000 children directly affected at 225 schools nationwide since the shooting at Columbine in 2000 sparked a horrific trend. Because of this, schools across the United States have implemented school […]
In this series entitled “Anatomy of an Active Shooter Event”, we’ll take a look at a number of factors that create the perfect storm leading to a school shooting. Part 1: Before an active shooter event Part 2: During an active shooter event Part3: Immediately after an active shooter event Part 4: Months after an […]
In this series entitled “Anatomy of an Active Shooter Event”, we’ll take a look at a number of factors that create the perfect storm leading to a school shooting. Part 1: Before an active shooter event Part 2: During an active shooter event Part3: Immediately after an active shooter event Part 4: Months after an […]
Lax School Security Often Stems from a Lack of….. School security can be complicated. Kids and teenagers are unpredictable, campuses are ripe with activity throughout the day and even the most advanced security system can’t always see what’s going on in every corner at every moment. But, school security doesn’t have to be as complicated […]
When an emergency occurs in a school and 911 is called, the first people on the scene are those that are trained to deal with those kinds of crisis situations. These are the faces that roam the community and are charged with keeping the members safe. If these are the faces you’ll see in an […]
Running emergency drills may seem like an obvious choice when it comes to emergency preparedness, and that’s because they are. The best way to see how your staff will react in an emergency and to practice various emergency lockdown procedures is to actually put them through that emergency. There’s a reason it’s obvious-it’s a tried […]
