Michael Dorn serves as the Executive Director of Safe Havens International, a global non profit campus safety center. During his 30 year campus safety career, Michael has served as a university police officer, corporal, sergeant and lieutenant. He served as a school system police chief for ten years before being appointed the lead expert for the nation's largest state government K-20 school safety center. The author of 25 books on school safety, his work has taken him to Central America, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East. Michael welcomes comments, questions or requests for clarification at mike@weakfish.org. Note: The views expressed by guest bloggers and contributors are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, Campus Safety magazine.
With the processes surrounding campus reopenings so uncertain, these five steps will help your school district evaluate and test your safety plans, as well as prepare your staff to make quick adjustments, if needed.
The ability to tell if a person is carrying a concealed gun, knife or other weapon could save a life. Here are seven signs you should know.
These are the steps your organization should take to increase the chances that a planned active shooter or active killer attack will be averted.
Protocols for communication, lockdown, reverse evacuation and reunification are just some of the procedures your campus should have in place.
Will your staff, teachers, administrators and clinicians respond effectively to an emergency on campus? Here’s how you can determine if they will take the right steps to save lives.
An all-hazards approach to safety and security training will enable schools to better respond to a terrorist attack.
New research tells us that schools are too focused on active shooters and should pay more attention to accidental causes of death and other threats.
Campus officials should plan, train and prepare for mass casualty weapons assaults using edged weapons, fire, explosives, chemicals and other weapons.
Campus officials must fully understand the threat female weapons violators pose to their institutions. To address this issue, women officers or staff should be on hand during the weapons screening process.
Local emergency managers can help everyone in public safety play nicely in the same sandbox.
Crisis response can be a weak spot for many campuses. Learn how to manage tasks, share response plans and maintain command and control over response teams during a crisis.
Learn how tools like mass notification systems coupled with the right emergency communication plan can help your organization achieve the speed and reach it needs to keep everyone safe and informed.
