School Safety

The School Safety topic features news and information to help patrol officers, school resource officers and police leaders address issues of school safety and law enforcement response to acts of violence in our nation’s classrooms and campuses. Content addresses how to train students to respond to extreme school violence, evacuation protocols during school shootings and suspicious student behaviors that should be reported to intervention teams.

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Police kill machete wielding suspect at Colo. college
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Two police officers shot and killed a machete-wielding suspect at the University of Colorado at Boulder Wednesday morning, a move police said was in the "best interest" of the campus after the man refused to drop his weapon.
Seattle gunman taken down by student
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Student is shown pepper-spraying a gunman then taking him to the ground during an on-campus attack.
Campus police agencies and their collaborative partnerships
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Police1 Editor in Chief Doug Wyllie interviews Matt Stiehm about campus agencies and their collaborative efforts with local police to prepare and respond to incidents on school grounds.
Rapid Deployment 2.0: Responding to active shooters
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Police1 Editor in Chief Doug Wyllie interviews P1 Columnist Dick Fairburn about rapidly responding to active shooter incidents.
The challenges of implementing active shooter training in schools
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Police1 Editor in Chief Doug Wyllie talks with Lt. Tim Troxel about the challenges of implementing active shooter response training in schools and how developing a program is ultimately worth the effort.
Training teachers to respond to active shooter incidents
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Police1 Editor in Chief Doug Wyllie interviews Lt. Tim Troxel on the importance of instructing and equipping teachers to respond to a threat in their schools.
Official: 1 dead in shooting at NC college
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One person was killed Monday in a shooting at a community college that was locked down as authorities searched for a gunman.
Colo. cop hit while breaking up school fight
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Two teen girls were arrested on fighting charges after one of them allegedly hit an officer who was trying to break up their fight.
Police: Pa. teen planned to kill at school, weapons found
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Police said they found three crude, homemade explosive devices and a gun at the 16-year-old's home.
Shooting reported at Wash. high school
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Local television stations said two people were being airlifted to a hospital.
Riots break out after WVU football win
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Police used pepper spray and chemical munitions to disperse groups of rioters after they ignored warnings to disperse.
911 calls released from Kentucky school shooting
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Two women whose children called them when a student was shot inside a Louisville high school described hearing chaos in the background.
Understanding the National School Shield Program
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Police1 Contributor Tony Lambraia discusses the National School Shield Program.
Tenn. cops outnumbered by 800 rowdy partygoers
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A few officers can be heard on video saying they had been struck by beer bottles.
Violent scuffle between cop, teen student goes viral
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High school student who was kicked out of school Friday refused to leave, then punched a school resource officer in the face.
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