Safety and Security


Security at School

System Integration: Examining All Factors

Simple solutions can enhance school safety.

high-tech security systems in schools

Keeping Schools Secure With Technology

Researching, selecting, planning, installing and using today’s high-tech security systems in schools can be a daunting process. Technology aside, there’s also the human dimension. That is, how best to work with consultants, faculty and staff as that process unfolds?

Pattern Matching

Security Technology

Security Technology On Campus

A look at the newer security technologies colleges and universities are considering and using on campus.

New Technology in Old Buildings

New Technology in Old Buildings

Making long-existing structures technologically up-to-date is a challenge, but it can be done.

The Power of the Brain

Preparing and empowering school employees for more effective visitor screening.

School Security Assessment

Security Assessments: Truly Reducing the Risks

Keys to effective and practical school security assessments.

Complying With the Clery Act

Resources are available to assist institutions to efficiently and effectively fulfill requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act.

locking university doors

Locking the Doors

Finding the best solution for securing college and university doors is a challenge for security professionals.

The ABCs of CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.

Guns On Campus

Guns On Campus?

Will giving students permission to carry guns on campus make college life safer? Opinions differ.

Troubled Students

It Takes A Village

More college and universities are finding success in using campus teams to manage troubled students.

emergency management

What We Can Learn From Mikey Mouse

Leveraging Disney's organizational behavior for emergency management at colleges and universities.

Bullying

Bullying

There may be help from afar.

The School Security Matrix

There are four overall strategies to consider when approaching school security.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.

Fire Code Revisions

There are at least 60 significant changes in the new IFC code.

Reviewing Fire Code Changes

Ask questions and institute the changes necessary for compliance.

Communication Is the Key

Technology can be used to enhance learning and prevent tragedy.

Access control on colleges and universities

Getting Into College, Today

Affordable new access control technologies are changing the way students get into college buildings.

Access Control Test

Put to the Test

Will your school access control approach really stop a determined aggressor? Important information and observations on access control.