Schools Must Be Better Prepared for Terrorism
School security expert says U.S. K-12 schools’ ability to respond to acts of terrorism has degraded due to them focusing too much on active shooters.
Safe Havens International Executive Director Mike Dorn believes that U.S. K-12 schools’ ability to respond to acts of terrorism has degraded over the past three to four years due to them focusing too much on active shooters.
In his exclusive interview with Campus Safety magazine at the Campus Safety National Forum in June, Dorn describes some of the measures schools should adopt so they will be better prepared to respond to terrorism or other life-safety threats, such as severe weather or Hazmat incidents..
Dorn will be one of the keynote speakers at the Chicago Campus Safety Conference, which will take place in Rosemont, Ill., July 13-14. To register for the conference, visit www.CampusSafetyConference.com/Chicago.
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Robin Hattersley, Editor-in-Chief
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.
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