As school shooting incidents continue to climb, schools are looking for new ways to strengthen security measures—and a single point of entry is one security protocol that’s gaining momentum.
Visit any K12 school or university in the U.S., and you’ll likely find school security cameras on campus. Security cameras are a good investment for school security systems, but those cameras alone don’t provide the protection our children need.
On February 14, 2018, an armed assailant returned to his former high school and unleashed a senseless tragedy upon students, faculty, and staff. The shooting claimed the lives of 17 individuals at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while injuring 17 others.
Superintendents are constantly looking for ways to improve their school district, but when it comes to mass shootings, they often feel at a loss. What can they do? How can they prevent something that seems so random and unpreventable?
Today, every school administrator and school board is aware of the need for security protocols to protect students from shootings, but many either don’t know where to start or don’t know if they’ve done enough.
Since the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun-related violence at school. In recent years, we’ve seen an upward trend of school shootings, with at least 202 reported incidents in 2021—another sobering number in terms of mass shooting statistics.
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