Igniting a New Chapter for School Security
Now that we have closed out the past school year with a final review of all our accomplishments, all of our identified a …
Navigating Obstacles and Challenges in Schools
While I believe we have touched on this topic previously, it still seems to be a topic of conversation: How do we naviga …
Understanding the Distinctions: SROs and Safety Coordinators in School Safety
In today's world, ensuring the safety of students within K12 schools is of utmost importance. To achieve this goal, scho …
Unleashing Leadership: Driving Success and Safety
In our last blog, we talked about the importance of leadership. Leadership is never more important than when we are driv …
Ignite Your Safety Leadership: Empowering You to Protect Others
While I am not what one would designate as a “Leadership Expert”. That being said, in my 34 years in law enforcement, ma …
Safety Starts Here: Unlocking the Key Steps to Shield Your Workplace from Violence
With the many recent events that have occurred around the country that have involved mass killings (shootings and by oth …
From Insights to Action: How After-Action Reviews Drive Effective Asset Management and Process Improvement
In our last blog, we discussed asset management and what an asset was. This week we will discuss After Action Reviews an …
Everything is an Asset
As we get closer to the end of our school year, we have to look back at all we did and accomplished. We have only talked …
Fostering Trust and Safety: Empowering Parents through Effective Communication
I have been involved in emergency management for the past 15-plus years. I have been involved in too many to count after …
Leave No One Behind: Inclusive Emergency Planning for Access and Functional Needs
Most of us have heard, in one form or another, the military’s practice of, “Leave No One Behind”. When it comes to emerg …
May the ICS Be With You: Harnessing the Power of Incident Command System and Unified Command in Emergencies
Okay, let’s talk about the large white elephant in the room! You know that thing everyone in the school safety business …
The Art of Crisis Management: A Closer Look at the Four Phases of Emergency Response
During the past several months, we have touched on the response and management cycles of emergencies a few times. In thi …
