Sharing Ideas and Resources to Keeping our Nation's Schools Safe! Volume IV:
https://justnet.org/pdf/00-Sharing%20Resources_Vol4_FINAL_508_06282016.pdf
Apps. Databases. Tiplines. Videos. Educational campaigns. Throughout the United States, schools, law enforcement agencies and communities keep on coming together, continuing to create innovative and groundbreaking solutions to the persistent problems of violence, bullying, security breaches, gang tensions and social media abuse.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Justice Technology Information Center (JTIC), part of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System, bring you more of these solutions in this fourth volume of Sharing Ideas and Resources to Keep Our Nation’s Schools Safe. We want you to know about the people who are searching for, and finding, positive ways to address these problems. We want to tell you about the technologies and strategies that are working across the country, and we want to hear from you about what’s going on in your area. In addition to the success stories that fill the three previous volumes in this series, we continually post new ones on SchoolSafetyInfo.org, the JTIC website dedicated to school safety news, information and technology. In addition to downloadable files of Volumes I, II and III, our site includes links to a wide range of resources and materials produced at the federal, state and association levels, and provides access to school safety-related publications and videos from NIJ and the NLECTC System. You can also learn about School Safe – JTIC’s Security and Safety Assessment App for Schools, and obtain instructions on how to download it.
In this fourth volume, you will read about an educational video on cyber safety produced by a concerned law enforcement officer in Georgia; new approaches to training implemented by the Indiana State Police and the campus police at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst; a free campus safety app developed by a team of students at the University of Michigan; an educational campaign produced by high school students in Connecticut; and a number of other school-community-law enforcement collaborative projects.
Readiness and Emergency Management Technical Assistance Center
The REMS Technical Assistance Center's primary goal is to support schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education in school emergency management, including the development and implementation of comprehensive all-hazards emergency management plans. The TA Center disseminates information about school emergency management to help individual schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education learn more about developing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive, all-hazards school emergency management plans. In addition, the TA Center helps OSHS coordinate technical assistance meetings and share school emergency management information, and responds to direct requests for technical assistance and training.
US Department of Education: Emergency Planning Page
Office of Safe and Healthy Students
http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan
This page provides information that can help school leaders plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents and terrorist acts. For more information about what families and communities can do to be ready for an emergency, please visit www.ready.gov.
Safe Havens International
There are also educational video blogs at:
As the world’s leading international non-profit campus safety center, Safe Havens International is committed to helping schools and school systems improve crisis preparedness and campus safety. For over 10 years, we have worked with schools on national and international levels in planning, coordinating, and evaluating a wide range of school crisis simulations. Safe Havens analysts are passionate advocates for children, educators and schools who view improvements in school safety, security and emergency preparedness as powerful tools for school improvement.
Safe Schools Resources
School Crime and Safety
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2016
A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics
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High-profile incidents of violence at American K-12 schools have raised concerns about the safety of students. Drawing on data from the Department of Education, Department of Justice, and other agencies, the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) examines some statistics about school safety and violence. Understanding alone won’t dispel fears about school violence, but it is a step toward a more informed dialogue and developing an effective response.
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An archive of older School Safety publications is also available from from the National Center for Education Statistics