News Westwood Hills Elementary Shooting: Gunman Forces Way Into School, Wounds Staff Member School officials say staff immediately notified law enforcement and initiated lockdown procedures after spotting a suspicious person on campus.
Insights Plans Inform, People Perform: A Practical Approach to School Emergency Readiness School emergency readiness goes beyond written plans. Learn practical ways to strengthen staff decision-making, role clarity, communication, and follow-through.
Insights ALPRs in Schools: What K-12 Leaders Should Consider Before Adoption As some municipalities reconsider license plate reader programs, school leaders can learn from the questions being raised about data access, retention, sharing, and oversight.
Webinars How Video Surveillance Is Evolving in K-12 Schools A recent ZeroNow webinar explored how schools are using video surveillance, AI, and analytics while navigating privacy, policy, and human oversight.
Insights Drones in Schools: What School Safety Leaders Are Saying As drones gain momentum in K-12 schools, school safety leaders are weighing its benefits, challenges, and role within a comprehensive school safety strategy.
Substitute Teacher Accused of Triggering False Active Shooter Alerts at 5 Schools Following the Louisiana incident, NCSSD members share how their districts manage emergency alert access and reduce the risk of false activations.
Newsletter Electric Shock Gloves, Behavioral Threat Assessment Interviews, and More: August 16-31 Roundup Catch up on the latest School Security Leadership articles, resources, practitioner insights, and updates from the second half of August.
After-Action Review Brown University Shooting After-Action Reviews: Lessons for K-12 Schools Reviews of the 2025 Brown University shooting offer lessons for K-12 schools on emergency communications, coordination, and response.
Insights School Key Boxes: Balancing Security and Emergency Responder Access As schools strengthen building security, ensuring law enforcement and other first responders can quickly gain access during an emergency is critical.
News Digests School Safety News Digest: New Safety Tech, Threat Assessment, and Emergency Preparedness As schools reopen for the 2026–27 school year, here's a roundup of recent news, research, policy developments, and emerging trends affecting K-12 school safety.
Resources Electric Shock Gloves in Schools Raise Questions About New Safety Technologies The controversy over electric shock gloves in Nebraska schools raises questions about how districts and law enforcement review new safety technologies, tactics, and use-of-force tools.
