Detective Rod Johnson calls the experience a wake-up call. Johnson, who has spent over a decade with the Madison Police Department, used to be the school resource officer at Madison’s La Follette High School. A few years ago, he had to wrestle a student who brought a gun into the…
The School District of Beloit is hoping to measure its progress through the use of school climate surveys. Consultant Tracy Scherck presented the results of last month’s anonymous survey to the school board Tuesday night, which highlighted strengths and concerns in the district. The 58.2 percent of staff members who…
(Dan Cepeda, Oil City) CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Sen. Affie Ellis took the Senate floor on Monday, Feb. 24 to discuss a topic important to her: school safety and security. Eight other Wyoming legislators, including Sen. Lynn Hutchings and Rep. Cathy Connolly, are also backing a bill that would require school…
Editor’s note: Governing offers public officials, practitioners and experts from a variety of backgrounds a platform to share opinions and analysis on a broad range of topics relevant to state and local government. One such commentary posted on Valentine’s Day drew a decidedly mixed reaction, particularly from public employees who…
PART TWO IN A CONTINUING SERIES ON THE IMPACT OF GUNS Chesterfield County resident Dot Heffron was heartbroken to hear her first grader tell her that his school held an active shooter drill — not because she didn’t want her son to be prepared, but because of the realities that…
Parkland father Andrew Pollack is urging support for U.S. President Donald Trump on the grounds he is convinced Trump is only the person serious about making schools safe. Pollack’s daughter, Meadow, was killed in the February 14, 2018, shooting that also took the lives of 16 others. He used a…
We were disappointed by the lack of school and public safety officials’ perspectives and information in the Feb. 20 editorial “Active-shooter drills in classrooms do more harm than good.” With apparently little or no guidance or input from school administrators and police, the Globe asserts that school safety protocols such…
The plan comes after two highly publicized student murders. February 23, 2020, 6:31 PM 6 min read Two highly publicized student murders has caused one university to implement significant changes to its campus safety, including a $13 million building to house the school’s police department. Both incidents, which involved the…
Motorists would face higher fines if they drive past stopped school buses, under a proposal that was unanimously approved Thursday by the House and has received support in the Senate. The proposal (HB 37 and SB 290) would increase from $100 to $200 the minimum fine for failing to stop…
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