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The FBI National Academy is like no setting I have ever visited. The most unique feature of the academy is that students and instructors are not allowed to pass another person without verbally greeting them. In fact, the greeting must be restated every time you pass...
In this column, I will surely upset more than a few. I am going to talk about something no one likes to consider: gunfights on campus.Campus Security Work Is Inherently DangerousFor 20 years I carried a gun. In fact, on most days during that period of my life when I...
With campus gun violence in the headlines once again, hospital, school and university officials should review and update their policies, procedures and equipment so they can reduce the threat of future attacks.
Most safety directors and other leaders with safety responsibilities must give presentations of one form or another from time to time. From speeches at staff meetings to discussions about a successful program they have implemented at a professional conference, the...
Some school systems, hospitals and universities have sophisticated virtual tours of their facilities and have conducted exercises with S.W.A.T. teams practicing for extreme violence scenarios. Unfortunately, they are not as prepared for major crisis situations as...
I read with interest the article: "Federal Report: School Violent Crime Rate Halved Since 1992" on the decline in K-12 school homicides in the January/February issue of Campus Safety. In the article, Bill Modzeleski from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of...
Having an appropriate crisis plan is nothing short of a life and death matter for a campus. Unfortunately, many organizations do not have plans in accordance with best practice planning models. Additionally, their plans often don't address all relevant hazards.While...
Experience has shown that multidisciplinary assessment teams more accurately evaluate threats than individuals doing evaluations on their own. Creating this type of panel is one significant step your campus can take to avert disasters.