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In the News
- Jewish Community Campus installs SafeDefend to increase security effortsNovember 6, 2018 - 12:00 pm
- Jewish Community Campus improves security with new line of defenseOctober 30, 2018 - 7:37 pm
- Former school principal’s SafeDefend active shooter system installed at Jewish Community Center, target of 2014 Overland Park shootingsOctober 30, 2018 - 7:11 pm
Partners
More of the same a year after the Parkland shooting
/0 Comments/in News /by SafeDefendThe solution to school security is not more of the same With the anniversary of the Parkland shooting there have been a lot of articles about the changes over the last year. The interesting observation is that nothing has changed but rather a double down on more of the same. The response to these events […]
Train according to the possibilities not the protocols
/0 Comments/in News /by SafeDefendWith the changes to the crisis drill requirements in the country the addition of intruder response drills and lockdown drills have been an overall positive thing. Most school administrators had already added these types of drills to the preparedness training by staff. At SafeDefend we encourage schools to regularly discuss response options and consider scenarios […]
Thinking School Security Solutions As We Head Back To School
/0 Comments/in News /by SafeDefendIn the flurry of back to school emails that I received from administrators, teachers, and staff was a notice about the new buzz in system being implemented at our district. The requisite apologies for inconvenience and lack of access were included for sincerity purposes. It made me consider why we were apologizing for attempting to […]
Learning from the Parkland, FL shooting – Communication breaks down in a crisis
/0 Comments/in News /by SafeDefendWith all the investigations, reviews, lawsuits, and committees looking at the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School it is unlikely that an official report will be released anytime soon. In the Miami Herald article Seconds mattered: How the response at Parkland went wrong in 11 minutes there is a clear analysis of the known events […]
Workplace Violence Active Shooter – Alerting Employees & OSHA Compliance
/0 Comments/in News, Uncategorized /by SafeDefendThe news of an active shooter at the YouTube headquarters is saddening. As the nation focuses on the conversation of school security in the wake of the shooting at Parkland, FL the discussion of threats in the workplace became sidelined. We know from the FBI Active Shooter reports from 2000-2015 that 95% of active shooters […]
94% of School active shooters start inside – Exterior Security Doesn’t Solve the Problem
/0 Comments/in News /by SafeDefendThe picture of the the sheriff’s deputy guarding the front of Marjory Stoneman portrays an extreme sense of security with the gates in the background. When we look at the campus photos we see fencing around the entire campus. We know that surveillance cameras were placed all over the campus as well. On the 45 […]