Written by: Robin Hattersley For U.S. K-12 schools, school districts, institutions of higher education, and healthcare facilities, video surveillance is a must-have technology that most campus public safety and security departments use every day, according to the 2024 Video Surveillance … read more

January 9th at 2pm ET Often there are warning signs that a student, employee, visitor, patient, customer, or some other individual is going to become violent. School, hospital, and college campus staff members and public safety officers must learn how … read more

Written by: Tom Czyz Protecting schools from active assailants is a complex challenge, but how we train staff and students can profoundly impact their preparedness and mental health. Some current practices, like involving students in active shooter drills or using … read more

December 04, 2024, Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times (TNS) — There’s little disagreement on what needs to be done: California schools must ban or restrict cellphones that disrupt learning. A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom mandates every school district … read more

By: Robin Hattersley, Campus Safety School boards play a vital role in ensuring the K-12 campuses they oversee are safe. However, through no fault of their own, many have limited knowledge of how this can actually be accomplished School board … read more

Written by: Robin Hattersley AUSTIN, Texas – More states, school districts, cities, and counties across the nation are adopting school safety anonymous tip lines, and in many cases, the programs are receiving a record number of reports. Texas is just … read more

October 14, 2024 • Emergency Management News, News Staff   Answer: By pulling it out of the air. When Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on Oct. 9, St. Petersburg’s water main lines were ruptured. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, which has … read more

Written by: Alan C. Lynch, CHPA-L, CHSP, HEM – October 22, 2024 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified healthcare workers as being among the highest risk groups for workplace violence, but most of the attention up to … read more

Written by: Natasha Sokoloff, The Middletown Press – October 21, 2024 (TNS) — Many school leaders in the U.S. understand that, in a time when the country did not go days into the school year without a school shooting, they … read more