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Weapons Detection in K-12 Schools: Key Context and Layered Strategies with Tom McDermott
In this episode of The Sound Off, Michele Gay and Tom McDermott, industry expert and leading weapons detection educator, explore the need fo
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Digital for Good: Helping Students Stay Safe Online with Kim Karr
In a world where technology is inescapable, it is critical that students know how to become digital first responders.
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Safety Through Community: Bystander Reporting with Lindsay Burton
The discussion centers around the strategies, tools, and cultural shifts that make reporting systems effective tools for cultivating safer c
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Using Tech for Good: Empowering School Safety with Jake Leichtling
Creating safe schools requires more than systems and procedures—it involves fostering environments where everyone feels secure and supported
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Labeled Entry/Exit Points
First Responders have long asked schools to label building exits (on the inside as well as the outside!) to facilitate better...
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Key Control with Substitute and Itinerant Staff
Even after the Sandy Hook tragedy, many schools still do not provide substitute and itinerant staff with classroom keys because of the...
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A Layered Lockdown
Lisa Crane of the ALICE Training Institute shared this practical lockdown solution. Furniture outfitted with rolling and locking casters...
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Recycled Radios Offer An Effective Alert System
Matthew Norcross, Salem, New Hampshire Police Department’s SRO, came up with a way to expedite police responses by putting older, unused...
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