Written by: Pam McLoughlin, New Haven Register, Conn.  March 31, 2022   (TNS) – Two local police department detectives/youth officers recognized how the internet and pandemic have complicated life for young people, so they’ve developed an innovative program for kids … read more

  Campus Safety has an interesting, free webcast coming up on March 10th: Hear from our panel of school safety experts on the top 5 communications and safety priorities for schools for the new year. Thu, Mar 10, 2022 2:00 … read more

  Written by: Kimberly Cauvel, Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA (TNS) – Just outside Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County Dike District 12 tried something new during the November flooding. The first-time effort had mixed results during the rapid onset of the … read more

  Written by: Beth Musgrave, Lexington Herald-Leader (TNS) – One man called 911 more than 30 times in one month. The issue? He had repeatedly fallen and called Lexington Fire Department ambulance crews to help get him up. A homeless … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock, Campus Safety Senior Editor A new cybersecurity report found ransomware-based data leaks increased by 50% in the education sector and 39% in the healthcare sector. The eighth annual Global Threat Report, released by CrowdStrike, a … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock – Senior Editor of Campus Safety This article, originally posted on Sept. 23, 2019, was updated on Feb. 18, 2022, to reflect current data. Please note that these statistics aren’t updated regularly. Always check with … read more

  Written by: Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week, Bethesda, MD (TNS) – School districts that have relied on emergency aid to recover from floods, fires, and storms are more likely to serve large shares of students of color, economically disadvantaged children, … read more

  Written by: Michael Munger “You’re the professional. Is this kid a threat or not?” That’s the question my director asked, fingers drumming on the athletic calendar drafts stacked on his desk. My waffling response had not provided him the … read more

  Written by: Campus Safety Staff The Naval Postgraduate School‘s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), maintains a K-12 school shooting database project as part of their Advanced Thinking in Homeland … read more

  Written by: Dan Gundry Campuses must have thought-out incident management and security plans to keep life safety and asset protection a priority. Some would argue it’s even more pertinent today, given not only the lessons learned from various emergency … read more