In response to increasing reports of national violence, UK and UK HealthCare officials have put additional security measures in place.

The Vanderbilt University Public Safety team is reminding students and staff that it exists to keep them as safe as possible and provide a welcoming educational environment.

Argyle Independent School District is located in Argyle, Texas was looking to implement an emergency communications system across the district for everyday alerts, as well as emergencies, threats or weather events. 

Joseph LeMire will serve as North Carolina-based Elon University’s Chief of Campus Safety and Police. 

In response to the fact that the majority of calls the University of Texas at Austin Police Department receive involve some sort of mental health element, the department decided to form a four-officer team specially trained to respond to mental health calls. 

Gabe Gates, former assistant vice president within the department of public safety at the University of Virginia has joined Margolis Healy's consulting practice.

Michigan State University has chosen Marlon Lynch to serve as the university’s next chief of police. Lynch, an MSU alum who has worked in law enforcement for nearly 25 years, will also hold the title of vice president for public safety.

Denison University announces David Rose will join the university as Director of Campus Safety. Rose is a retired captain of The Ohio State University police division and brings more than 30 years of campus safety experience to his position.

The Grand Forks School District in North Dakota received a $535,000 security grant to improve surveillance throughout the district's campuses. 

The town of Oxford, Connecticut and its public schools will receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services to create a security operations center (SOC) with three personnel monitoring the district's four school campuses.