Training Center
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Active Shooter Reality Check
"We don't have to worry because emergency responders will be here in no time." "Our SWAT Team is the best in the county and will take care of the threat ...
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Collge and University Police and Investigators Conference
The Third Annual College and University Police and Investigators Conference will be in Fairfax, Virginia at George Mason University. This FREE conference focuses on the unique law enforcement and security needs ...
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Truancy: The root of all school safety problems!
“No child falls through the cracks. They are dropped through or shoved through by lazy, emotionally immature adults and unethical professionals” After the Columbine shootings I made this statement during an ...
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NEW SCHOOL SAFETY REPORT PAINTS GRIM PICTURE OF SAFETY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A new report entitled “The State of School Safety in American Schools” speaks of sexual assault, violent cliques and violent parents as commonplace in suburban, urban and rural schools nationwide. The ...
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Police Management Textbooks - Does Size Really Matter?
When you write promotional tests for police agencies based on the latest and greatest supervision and management textbooks, you sometimes shudder when one of your colleagues opens your office door and ...
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School Violence and Liability
When school violence is discussed, the April, 1999, massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, represents the worst case this country has seen... so far: a teacher and twelve students ...
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School Liability for Student Arrest
White v. Rapides Parish School Board, 867 So.2d 146 (LA. Ct. App. 3rd Cir. 2004) On April 12, 2000, William Shepherd, a sixth-grader rode his sister's bicycle to school. Another student ...
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School Use Of Force
An issue which sometimes arises in the context of the school environment is the use of force against a student. The facts surrounding this use of force may determine how a ...
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School Interrogations
In Fare v, Michael C., 442 U.S. 707 (1979) the United States Supreme Court determined that there is no per se rule regarding a juvenile's ability to waive their rights under ...