School Safety

The School Safety topic features news and information to help patrol officers, school resource officers and police leaders address issues of school safety and law enforcement response to acts of violence in our nation’s classrooms and campuses. Content addresses how to train students to respond to extreme school violence, evacuation protocols during school shootings and suspicious student behaviors that should be reported to intervention teams.
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Student, officer injured in second Wis. high school shooting
– 28A police officer confronted an armed student and both were wounded; both have been hospitalized
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Student in custody after shooting at Wis. school
– 16An officer shot a 17-year-old student in the arm after the student pointed a handgun at officers
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Security screening with a smile: How a new X-ray tool puts a friendly face on bag searches
–A new scanner from ADANI Systems offers customization and automatic weapons detection to help reduce the intimidation factor of security checkpoints at schools and large-scale public events
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Student shot teen near Calif. school, slipped into class
– 5Police locked down, searched campus while shooter hid in classroom with other students
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Video: Coach disarms, hugs Ore. high school student armed with shotgun
– 21The video of Keanon Lowe hugging a student to both disarm him and deescalate the situation has gone viral
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Report critical of sheriff's post-Parkland suspension
– 37A report presented to the Florida Senate states that suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel should be reinstated
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Police arrest woman who threatened to shoot 400 people at her former school
– 26A pizza parlor employee allegedly threatened to open fire at her former high school, but was apprehended before taking any action
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NY schools first to have 'red flag' petition power on guns
– 37New York is the first to permit schools to petition a court themselves for such an order, rather than go through local law enforcement
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SRO 101: A guide to your first day in school
–You may be greeted by wary looks and gazes of consternation from the students – stick out your hand and introduce yourself
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3 steps to SRO success: How to be a good cop in school
–LEOs transitioning into a school setting need to create a solid foundation of trust that will pave the way to a positive experience for staff, students and law enforcement
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Official: Ky. student found with loaded gun, arrested
– 6A resource officer found a student with a loaded gun in his waistband after another student tipped off the principal
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Mass casualty threat assessment and prevention: 12 steps to moving beyond guessing
– 1Police executives have collectively failed to teach officers how to assess a mass casualty threat and, more important, what to do about it
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NC police thwart mass shooting plot
– 7Paul A. Steber, a 19-year-old freshman from Boston attending High Point University, was arrested Tuesday
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Police: Child unknowingly brings cocaine to kindergarten
– 7A teacher saw the child holding a bag of a white powder Tuesday and called in the school resource officer
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It's no joke, mom: Fla. teen arrested in school threat
– 44Authorities have posted a video of their arrest of a 15-year-old Florida boy who allegedly posted an online threat to kill at least seven people
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