About 1,000 school administrators and teachers attended this year’s Indiana School Safety Specialists Academy in Indianapolis on Monday, learning how to respond in an emergency and more ways to keep an eye out for their students.
Colleges and universities in the Carolinas are especially affected by the UNC Charlotte shooting that took place April 30, and are taking note of what can be learned from the tragedy.
One student is dead and eight others were injured after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colo., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. Two suspects are in custody.
The Al Noor Masjid, one of the mosques targeted in the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15, is installing security cameras that use artificial intelligence to detect whether someone is armed.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida offers houses of worship active shooter training, security surveys of their campus buildings and deputy details.
The suspected shooter was taken into custody within minutes of the shooting.
The University of Michigan will start offering optional active attacker training for students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
The University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus is using a gunshot detection system to increase student safety.
Wyoming Medical Center plans to upgrade its security equipment and protocols following a shooting and lockdown last month.
An eighth-grade student at Prescott High School in Prescott, Ark., was shot and wounded by another eighth-grade student Monday morning.