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Michael Dorn
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 [email protected]. 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.
Michael Dorn's Latest Posts
Meeting First Responders ─ Make it a Regular Practice
Campus officials should make it a standard practice to have someone meet emergency responders as they enter the campus. This simple practice can shave precious minutes off of response times.
Meeting First Responders ─ Make it a Regular Practice
Campus officials should make it a standard practice to have someone meet emergency responders as they enter the campus. This simple practice can shave precious minutes off of response times.
How To Avoid Copyright Infringement
Is your campus using training videos, checklists or crisis plans that have been plagiarized?
Did They Get the Word?
Campuses must create consistency through effective communications.
Update Your Plans for Civil Unrest
Doing so now will ensure you organization isn’t caught off guard.
Unrealistic Emergency Plans Can Hurt You
Don’t set your people up for failure by creating plans they can’t carry out.
Think You Won’t Be Affected by Tornados? Think Again.
Take tornado preparedness seriously, even if you don’t have many in your region.
Let’s Cut the TSA Some Slack
Bashing them may be in vogue, but it is often uninformed.
School Officials Effectively Handle Fallout from Casey Anthony Trial
NIMS helped district deal with onslaught of media and student mental health issues.
Read the Manual!
Often, campus staff don’Â’t follow instructions when using dangerous equipment, leading to injury, death and lawsuits.
Are You Using Interviews Effectively to Assess Campus Safety?
You would be suprised to find out what they reveal.
