Resources

Here are some links to cause you to think. If you would consider buying a copy of Mason's book, you might gain some insight on this subject.

Great Instructional Video on School Safety | https://www.facebook.com/gjfd911/videos/1781374655317585/

Emerging Trends and Tech

CRASE Training | https://www.fauquier.com/news/state-police-teach-how-to-defend-against-active-attack/article_f9f3d0bd-d8aa-5527-923b-fc205c3d5763.html Also look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEn3CkLNR0

Door-locks that notify the police automatically | https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/new-door-locks-help-prepare-school-for-an-active-shooter/1792317119

Fire Fighters get Bullet Proof Vests | https://www.bodyarmornews.com/firefighters-in-hopkington-ma-get-bulletproof-vests-helmets/

First US City to Employ Body Scanners at Metro | https://i-hls.com/archives/84946

Active Shooter Drills Cause Parents Concerns | https://www.moms.com/school-active-shooter-drills/

Blue "alarm stations" are cropping up in schools across the country. | https://thegrio.com/2018/09/16/schools-nationwide-install-blue-emergency-boxes-in-case-of-active-shooter/

Certain types of signs may help First Responders cut their response times in half. | http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/education/larue-county-schools-implements-new-system-to-cut-emergency-response/article_fcf90737-6cc8-5472-9ef8-c6fd9a183827.html

New Door-lock Technology Could Keep Intruder out of Classrooms | https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/new-door-lock-switches-could-keep-active-threats-out-of/article_66945af6-bc44-11e8-97a4-d7cbf7ccf2f4.html

Stop The Bleed: Life Saving Trauma Kits | https://www.ems1.com/community-awareness/articles/392592048-Stop-the-Bleed-Save-a-Life/

Stop the Bad-guy After the First Shot | https://www.nbherard.com/pr/noice-industries-launches-active-shooter-response-detects-a-gunshot-and-deploys-a-crash-resistant-uas-to-stop-an-active-shooter-within-seconds-of-the-first-shot/236761

"Soft Targets"

A modern guide for protecting students, teachers & their learning environments from extreme acts of violence. | http://www.ourkidsdeserveit.org/our-book-1

State of Texas - Action Plan on School Safety

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/School_Safety_Action_Plan_05302018.pdf

An interesting part of this plan, is the re-packaging of policies already in place. (page 10/11)

School hardening can take several different forms, none of which is mutually exclusive. Typical infrastructure hardening is one option. Structural improvements could include:

• Building front offices closer to entrances and creating vestibules where doors must be remotely unlocked

• before visitors can enter into the school;

• Erecting barriers around campuses and stadiums that prevent vehicles from being driven into crowds or

• students;

• Installing metal detectors at school entrances;

• Installing security systems that monitor and record entrances, exits and hallways;

• Providing telephones or radios in every classroom so that teachers can quickly report threats;

• Installing active shooter alarm systems; and

• Controlled access to campus facilities

Systems Integration

• Heightened role security cameras are playing in the "safe school | agile building" space. Can the expectation of privacy be totally surrendered in hopes of doing more preemptive actions?https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/89091-everett-public-school-system-chooses-hanwha-techwin-cameras-to-secure-26-schools-spanning-39-square-miles?ajs_uid=7354C3907023E3R&ajs_trait_oebid=3782E0258467B1M

Law Enforcement Publications:

• Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters in the U.S. | https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/pre-attack-behaviors-of-active-shooters-in-us-2000-2013.pdf/view

• The Police Response to Active Shooter Incidents; Police Executive Research Forum | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f363bY8AZ4_fzXNF-gGdjg5gCy7ydpY_/view?usp=sharing

• Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the US; The Secret Service and The Department of Education | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOZVT7Csu2nf6mfZ7_9ygxNv-SiqIhPp/view?usp=sharing

• FBI Publishes Findings on Mass Shooters in the Walstreet Journal | https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-seeks-insight-into-mass-killers-minds-1537263121

• Parkland EMS Lessons Learned: https://www.emsworld.com/article/221238/parkland-lessons-learned-2018s-deadliest-mass-shooting

• FBI Publishes their 2018 Active Shooter Report

Incident Reporting Sites:

• Private Officer Breaking News: https://privateofficerbreakingnews.blogspot.com/?view=magazine

• Active Shooter Alerts from the U.S. State Department | https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=24591

Organizations and Companies | Preventing Rapidly Involved Mass Murder Events

Campus Safety Magazine: 2018 Safety Awards | https://campussafety.secure-platform.com/a/gallery?roundId=152

• AEGIS Security & Investigations - http://www.aegis.com/active-shooter-training-for-events/ Aegis is a security company headed by JEFF ZISNER, a passionate information source on all things individuals and organizations can do to keep safe in the event of a mass shooting.

• Americans for C.L.A.S.S. - https://americansforclass.org/ Founded by Andrew Pollack, a father who lost his daughter at the Parkland, Florida mass murder.

• Catholic Archdiocesan Anti-Violence Initiative - Michael Sneed | @Sneedlings | email | In a move that Sneed first reported was pending, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich just named retired FBI agent Phil Andrew to head the Catholic Archdiocesan Anti-Violence Initiative he created more than a year ago.

• CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/index.html

• Department of Homeland Security - https://www.dhs.gov/active-shooter-preparedness

• HID Global | https://www.hidglobal.com/

• National School Board Association | School Safety and Security Connection | https://www.nsba.org/services/school-board-leadership-services/school-safety-and-security

• National Association of School Resource Officers | https://nasro.org/

• National Students Against Violence Everywhere - http://nationalsave.org/

• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/crime/school-violence/national-youth-violence-prevention-resource-center/

• OurKidsDeserveIt, Mason Wooldridge, President of http://OurKidsDeserveIt.org , has been traveling from school district to school district, educating people on how to prevent a mass shooting at their school(s). He deserves our full support.

• PASS - Partner Alliance for Safer Schools | https://passk12.org/state-of-school-safety-report-2018-safe-and-sound-schools/

• Safe Haven International | For-profit Safety and Security Organization | http://safehavensinternational.org/services/school-safety-assessments/

• Sandy Hook Promise - http://www.sandyhookpromise.org Founded by Mark & Sandy Barden, Parents who lost their son Daniel Barden, during the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murder.

• Shooter Detection Systems - http://shooterdetectionsystems.com/ Christian Connors - CEO | Proven Technology for shot detection technology.

• Taskforce 101 | Sam Havelock. CEO, SOFX | 78 Alexander Street Charleston, SC, 29403 sam.havelock@sofx.com | www.sofx.com | https://www.slideshare.net/shavelock/sofx-task-force101-102720248 Their website: www.sofx.com/TF101

• The Committee for Children - http://www.cfchildren.org/programs/child-protection/

• US National Library of Medicine - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28435498 A great source of data on violence at hospitals.

Special Events

Government Summit on School Safety | June 27th - 29th, 2018; Washington DC | https://govsummit.securityindustry.org/

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