Mass Casualty Attacks
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Of the primary human threats to safety in schools—vandalism, bullying, fighting, sexual abuse, and rampage violence—rampage violence is by far the most deadly and the rarest. Yet over the past 15 ...
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Public safety and higher education leaders have implemented a variety of strategies to develop more resilient communities to prevent or mitigate the harm that comes from targeted violence. These strat...
Community-Police Engagement
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Effective school resource officer (SRO) programs recognize and utilize the special training and expertise law enforcement officers possess that is well suited to effectively protect and serve the scho...
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Sadly, 2014 finds America at a time when attacks against our schools are at an all-time high. Beginning with the shocking Sandy Hook shootings (Newtown, Connecticut) in December 2012, the number of s...
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How many officers are actively searching for children who have been reported missing from their jurisdictions or other states? Do those officers know what a missing or exploited child looks like or ac...
Recruitment & Personnel
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For careers in public safety, an all-too familiar challenge lies in the need for more efficient, cost-effective recruiting and hiring processes. This issue may be most pressing in law enforcement. In ...
Victim Services
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Strong, proactive law enforcement leadership in the struggle to address family violence can protect victims and their children, break the cycle of family violence, and save the lives of police officer...
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Two years ago, Houston, Texas, Assistant Chief of Police Brian Lumpkin was assigned by Chief of Police Charles McClelland to increase and improve programming for the citizens of Houston. A federal fun...