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Armed security officer deters possible school shooting in Oregon

Dustin Jeffery Hilsenbeck, 35, arrested for allegedly pulling a gun and issuing threats in front of an Oregon school. Excellent work by the security officer at La Salle Catholic College Preparatory for meeting the danger head-on and deterring a possible school massacre. And much respect to La Salle for employing a competent security [...]

By |2019-11-08T07:05:16-05:00November 8th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Armed security officer deters possible school shooting in Oregon

Florida school hires security officers to shoot ‘armed intruders’

Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter PALMETTO, Fla. (CBS Local) — A charter school in Florida has hired two combat veterans to patrol the grounds with semi-automatic rifles to protect students from any active shooters, according to officials. Principal Bill Jones said he wants to make sure if an armed intruder were to enter the campus of Manatee School for the [...]

By |2019-02-18T06:23:57-05:00February 18th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Florida school hires security officers to shoot ‘armed intruders’

2 teens thwart planned school shooting

FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus. A large Wall Street money manager wants to engage with major weapons manufacturers about their response to the school massacre in Parkland. (Mike Stocker/South [...]

By |2018-12-29T09:09:01-05:00December 29th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 2 teens thwart planned school shooting

The K-12 School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know

https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ By CampusSafetyMagazine.com The Naval Postgraduate School‘s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) released a K-12 school shooting database project as part of their Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security program. They found the need for accurate, detailed information on this subject was paramount. The database documents every instance a gun is wielded, fired, or a bullet hits [...]

By |2018-10-19T08:24:22-04:00October 19th, 2018|News|Comments Off on The K-12 School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know

Gunshot detection system with 911 automation to be installed in NC school

https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ In response to active shooter incidents at schools around the nation in recent years, there have been numerous innovations and ideas designed to increase school security and student safety, including bullet-proof backpacks, the See Something Say Something campaign, the concept of armed security mentors and experts weighing in on ways to increase [...]

By |2018-09-19T06:23:56-04:00September 19th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Gunshot detection system with 911 automation to be installed in NC school

‘Alabama Sentry Program’ allows school admins to have guns on campus

Photo credit: (Photo courtesy bigstockphoto.com) DREW TAYLOR ON JUN 1, 2018, SecurityInfoWatch SOURCE: MCCLATCHY June 01--Tuscaloosa public school officials said Thursday that it's too soon to tell how schools here will be affected by a new state program that allows some school administrators to have guns on campus. On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the [...]

By |2018-06-04T21:20:30-04:00June 4th, 2018|News|Comments Off on ‘Alabama Sentry Program’ allows school admins to have guns on campus

School board in Boulder Valley, Colo. mulls security cameras

Photo from www.securitycameraking.com AMY BOUNDS ON APR 18, 2018 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch.com April 18--The Boulder Valley school board is moving closer to installing interior security cameras at its high schools, with members generally agreeing to a new policy at a Tuesday work session. Parents and high school principals have lobbied the board to [...]

By |2018-04-20T08:59:41-04:00April 20th, 2018|News|Comments Off on School board in Boulder Valley, Colo. mulls security cameras

School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

ByRYAN SAAVEDRA @RealSaavedra March 18, 2018 Shocking new details about the gunman who shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were released on Sunday, and it was revealed that officials from the school and a sheriff's deputy recommended that he be forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility just months before his rampage. Despite clear warning [...]

By |2018-03-18T19:23:32-04:00March 18th, 2018|News|Comments Off on School, law enforcement officials wanted Parkland shooter committed to psych hospital

OP-ED: Time for a new look at response to violence

  By Chris Hertig, IFPO Director and retired York College of Pennsylvania professor Violence in our society is getting increasing media attention. It also gets attention in the law offices, HR departments, security departments and police/fire/EMS agencies. Violence is here to stay, and while a decidedly unappealing topic of conversation, it’s a conversation we must have. Terrorism [...]

By |2018-03-08T06:26:54-05:00March 6th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on OP-ED: Time for a new look at response to violence

Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

By AWR Hawkins, Breitbart.com The  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirms that a security guard at Whittier, California’s El Camino High School thwarted a mass shooting on Friday. CBS News reports the resource officer overheard a student talking about attacking the school just two days after 17 were shot and killed in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. February [...]

By |2018-02-22T19:14:32-05:00February 22nd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

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