The 2024-2025 academic year is in full swing, and many K-12 school districts are more focused than ever on student safety and campus security. However, an often overlooked part of school safety is ...

School safety — including the safety and security of students, faculty, staff, and facilities — cannot be an afterthought. It must be a foundational priority, focusing on proactive safety measures ...

My years working within school systems, particularly during a formative and intense period in Roswell, New Mexico, have shaped my understanding of school safety in profound ways. During my time as ...

Some things are difficult to look at because they do not match our concept of how things ought to be. This makes us uneasy and feel unsafe, so we turn away. So it is with autism. Autism Speaks reports ...

For public safety professionals and decision-makers responsible for campus security, mitigating the risk of forced entry in vulnerable areas is a constant concern. Classrooms, administrative offices, ...

As emergencies occur in schools nationwide, leaders within the school safety community share news and information to educate and inform their respective schools and communities. Sharing relevant and ...

As schools across the country welcome students back to campus, these changes may be a struggle for those students with autism and create a significant safety risk: wandering. Wandering, also known as ...

A surge in electric scooter injuries in recent years has prompted many K-12 schools and colleges to implement bans or significant restrictions on micromobility products. Injuries associated with all ...

Over the past two weeks, more than a dozen U.S. universities, including Villanova, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Arkansas, University of Colorado Boulder, University of South ...

U.S. colleges and universities faced unique safety and security challenges this year. The ongoing Israel-Hamas war forced many campus leaders to address their protest and encampment policies to ensure ...

When people think of the characteristics of a security officer, they often think of physical capabilities — someone who is strong enough to protect themselves or others if an interaction turns hostile ...

A Wisconsin school district's new security camera system reduces incidents of intentional property damage and monitors unauthorized visitors.