Active shooters have captured more of the public’s attention in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and other public sites. While I have always emphasized not being alarmist and keeping context when discussing school shootings, it is prudent to include active shooter scenarios in training for law enforcement officials and their school partners. In Shepherdsville, Kentucky, […]
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Simultaneous active shooter drills test school, police preparedness
Posted by Ken Trump on March 26, 2012
Many school crisis plans are on paper and sitting on shelves. Some schools and police conduct tabletop exercises to take plans closer to reality. Last Friday, schools and police in the Greater Cleveland area put their plans to the full blown test in simultaneous active shooter drills in multiple suburban communities. The Brecksville-Broadview Heights School District, Brecksville and […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Resource Officers (SROs) School Safety and Crisis Training School Safety Funding | 1 Comment »
Tags: active shooters, crisis drills, school crisis training, SROs
Origin & rejection of ALICE Training: Kids fighting armed gunmen
Posted by Ken Trump on December 27, 2011
Most school leaders probably don’t know that the component of ALICE training in which children are taught to attack armed intruders in schools was actually rejected by the school district in which the model originated in 2006. A.L.I.C.E. (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) Training is a program being advocated in a small but noticeable number of school-communities. Along with others in education and […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Law and Liability School Resource Officers (SROs) School Safety and Crisis Training | 6 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight, school crisis training
Parent questions: ALICE Training & teaching kids to fight gunmen
Posted by Ken Trump on November 28, 2011
Most of us who are parents agree that safety is more important than academics at our schools. We entrust educators with our children for a good chunk of time each school day. We demand that they take reasonable steps to protect our kids, and expect that they use good common sense in doing so. Yet […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools Parents and School Safety School Law and Liability School Resource Officers (SROs) School Safety and Crisis Training School Security Officers / Security Departments Students and School Safety | 22 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight
Bringing pencils & books to a gun fight; ALICE Training raises questions
Posted by Ken Trump on October 30, 2011
“While he’s busy ducking and covering his head from our air assault, we must now begin the ground assault.” This quote from a staff training booklet on the A.L.I.C.E. (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) plan struck me when it was shared by a client school district. The quote was included in a section called, “OK, I made him mad. Now What!?” And […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools Parents and School Safety School Resource Officers (SROs) School Safety and Crisis Training School Safety Issues Students and School Safety | 6 Comments »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight
Bringing a purse to a gun fight: Training to attack armed intruders?
Posted by Ken Trump on October 28, 2011
Typically I ignore snark and snipe attacks made against me on the Internet. As a higher-profile figure with over 25 years experience in the school safety field, they come with the territory. And typically they come from people who are jealous and/or insecure anyway. But every now and then one occurs that is just too […]
Categories: Crisis - Emergency Planning for Schools School Safety Issues Shootings - School Nonfatal Students and School Safety | 1 Comment »
Tags: active shooters, ALICE training, attacking armed intruders, run-hide-fight
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- School security is being sold to the highest bidders. Private equity and venture capital investors are hijacking the school safety field. Will a passion for profits overshadow a passion for school safety?
- If the school safety presenter at your conference is paid for by a security vendor, will their message be truly independent? School leaders in the audience need to look behind the curtains to learn about the potential wizards in the wings
- Exposed emails show a leading AI weapons detection system missed its own test gun “a few times with the cameras rolling” during a media demo in a school district that signed $11 million contract for their systems. But the local news report did not show it missing a gun. Are parents being left in the dark?
- Cell phones and school safety: They are often disruptive to the educational process and can create unsafe conditions in an emergency. Yet many students and parents want them. Now, some politicians want to ban their use in schools.
- Superintendents, principals and other school leaders share a common struggle: How to communicate with parents about school safety. The good news is we can help them to communicate better.