The policy has already been adopted by some school districts in California.
Robin Hattersley
Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
Robin Hattersley's Latest Posts
Former University Faculty Member Accused of Setting Fires Near Dixie Fire
Sonoma State University has confirmed that the arson suspect was a part-time criminal justice professor in the fall of 2020.
Florida Parents Sue Governor Over Barring of Mask Mandates in Schools
The parents of 15 school children with disabilities say the mask mandate ban violates the ADA.
Survey Finds Campuses Having Mixed Success with Access Control, Lockdowns
Demand for access control, locks, visitor management and other solutions is on the rise, but the ability to lockdown is still a challenge.
USC Advisory Board Urges More Oversight of Campus Public Safety
A review of USC DPS data found that stops of Black people accounted for 31.7% of all stops despite African Americans making up only 1% of the people around the Health Sciences campus and 12% of the University Park campus.
Remington Offers $33M to Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims’ Families
The settlement offer came only a day after a judge denied Remington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the families of those who were killed during the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
CDC Recommends Mask Wearing Indoors Again
Additionally, the CDC now recommends all teachers, staff, students and visitors in K-12 schools wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status.
How Mobile Panic Alarms Save Lives
Panic alarms can summon help in a wide variety of incidents, including those involving active shooters, medical emergencies, mental health crises, non-custodial parents and more.
Here’s the Updated CDC Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools
Per the CDC, fully vaccinated students and staff don’t need to wear masks inside campus buildings.
Missouri Hospital Runs Out of Ventilators in Latest COVID Surge
Missouri has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, and Springfield’s two hospitals had 213 COVID patients on Monday, up from 168 on Friday.
Campus Vaccine Mandates Face Legal Challenges
Here’s an update on the status of some of the lawsuits challenging college COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
More School Districts Revise the Roles of Police on Their Campuses
Here’s an update on the school policing changes being made by five different districts.