Written by: Amy Rock, April 12, 2024 Nearly one in four public school teachers experienced a gun-related lockdown last school year, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. Researchers asked K-12 public school teachers about their … read more

Written by: Stephen Lopez, April 18, 2024 The traditional advice given to unarmed security officers who encounter active killer, active shooter or active assailant incidents has been to get out and let armed officers handle it. Unfortunately, this approach ignores … read more

Written by: Oren Alter I recently attended a conference that included several breakout sessions on various topics, including campus safety. Several of the attendants were new to the field of higher education crisis management and emergency response. Listening to their … read more

Written by: Jim McKay, April 5, 2024 Dr. Avir Mitra, emergency medicine specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, remembers not being able to sleep one night. Thoughts from the day were especially terrifying as a man with … read more

Public Safety Radio Communication Still ‘Problematic’ Written by Emergency Management News Staff, April 4, 2024 Even as FirstNet continues to grow — last July it reported 4.7 million users and 25,000 subscribing agencies — there are still plenty of jurisdictions … read more

Written by: Andy Altizer & Jim Hodge, April 4, 2024 “As a last resort,” seems to be the preface of most “Run Hide Fight” training classes when it is time to discuss the “fight” response option to an active shooter. … read more

Written by: Robin Hattersley, March 26, 2024 Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include additional research on guns being mishandled at schools. Over the past four months, there have been at least four reports of an armed school … read more

Written by: Amy Rock, Executive Editor of Campus Safety Several hospital security officers sustained injuries in recent weeks after being attacked by both patients and non-patients, reiterating the need for hospitals to frequently revamp their recruitment and retention practices as … read more

Written by: Emergency Management News Staff   It’s difficult for police to train for an active shooter event because it’s so hard to replicate and there isn’t enough time during the year to do enough of it. That said, the … read more

Written by: Robin Hattersley Los Angeles, California – A teenager is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of her 3-year-old family member by performing CPR on the toddler after she fell into a pool. As the Atkinson … read more