Security magazine sits down with a number of school security experts to talk about crafting security and safety plans for school districts within the K-12 sector.

Jonathan Kassa has joined Margolis Healy as Vice President for Regulatory Compliance, where he will focus on helping create safe campuses, schools and communities.

Security leaders are starting to move on from COVID-related safety measures and are instead focusing on mental health and violence on campus, according to a new Rave report. 

Michigan House Bill 5701 aims to legalize temporary door locking devices and systems for use in K-12 settings. This could have a dangerous effect on school safety, according to security leaders.

A new eBook, Optimal Use of Video Systems for K-12 School Security, helps security leaders identify effective implementations of video surveillance in the educational sector.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has provided three resources to school communities to prevent potential violence, including tip reporting software called iWatchTexas, an alert system and school safety education.

The Albuquerque Public Schools student information system has been compromised in a cyberattack, prompting the closure of schools serving over 85,000 students in New Mexico.

A Department of Justice grant will upgrade video surveillance in the Hanover Community School Corporation, an Indiana K-12 school district.

School liaison officers will replace the school resource officer (SRO) model at four Massachusetts high schools after a safety review.

Pamela Perini, certified PSP and president of Pamela Perini Consulting, talks to Security about her journey through security and the process of risk assessment. She also touches on the importance of certification in the security industry and factors to consider when designing a security program.