A new report from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office at the Department of Justice (DOJ) highlights critical actions that schools, school districts, and law enforcement agencies can take to improve the overall safety of schools – and not just by preventing school shootings. Ron Pierce of the Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) summarizes Read the Rest…
Our very own Mike Rudinski was a featured guest this month on the School Safety Insider Podcast with Ken Trump. Mike is a school safety specialist in the training and evaluation section of MCSS. In addition to being a subject matter expert in school based policing, de-escalation, and implicit bias among many other areas, Mike Read the Rest…
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was already a vaping and substance abuse crisis in America’s schools. That crisis is far from over. Once the pandemic arrived on America’s soil, the role e-cigarette usage played in expression of COVID-19 illness was a topic of discussion for health professionals. Now, thanks to a recent study published by Read the Rest…
While the term School Resource Officer and acronym SRO date back to the 1950s, the topic of police officers in schools and discussion surrounding the roles they play in an educational environment didn’t make much news until the early 1990s. Federally, an SRO is defined as a “career law enforcement officer with sworn authority who Read the Rest…
