PREVENTION OF SCHOOL WEAPONS ASSAULTS

Standard course length: one hour to one day

Based on a program originally developed for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, many attendees rate this as the most comprehensive program of its type. This session examines the wide array of school weapons assaults rather than focusing solely on deadly yet extremely rare multiple victim school shootings. A wide array of best practices based on the instructor’s proven field record as a school district chief of police in a school system that originally developed a number of techniques that have become standard in the field. Techniques that have been used to successfully thwart numerous planned school shootings, bombings and suicides will be covered.

Intended audiences:

• School administrators
• Law enforcement and security officers
• Court and probation officials
• Community partner agencies
• Government officials