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𝐍𝐘𝐔 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

11/28/2022 – NYU has recently had breaches of security in their University housing dorms. In one instance Police and University Security conducted an eight hour door to door search for a trespasser who illegally entered a dorm building. They did not find the suspect. It was reported that the suspect may have entered the facility […]

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Chesapeake Va Walmart Shooting 11/22/2023

Active Shooter Incident / Al Becker

Six people were shot and killed by a 31-year-old Walmart supervisor two days before Thanksgiving in Chesapeake VA. Reports reveal that the shooter left a rambling death note on his phone and apologized for what he was about to do. The note paints a picture of someone who is disturbed and not thinking rationally. The

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Rethinking Run, Hide, Fight -Colorado Springs Nightclub Shooting 11/19/2022

Active Shooter Incident / Al Becker

Over the weekend we saw another mass shooting tragedy, this time in Colorado Springs where five people were killed in an LGBTQ nightclub, but in this terrible event, two individuals fought back and subdued the shooter. It is no doubt that the brave actions of these two heroes prevented the deaths of many more. The

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University of Virginia Shooter Had Guns in His Dorm Room

Active Shooter Incident / Al Becker

This was a tragedy that could have been much worse. The suspect, had a Ruger AR-556 semiautomatic rifle, a Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol, a box of Winchester .223 ammunition, two Glock 9-millimeter magazines, and a special trigger designed to increase the rate of fire. Students are not permitted to have weapons on University

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Univeristy of Virginia Threat Assessment Process Failed

Active Shooter Incident / Al Becker

It is now obvious that the University of Virginia which is in one of the only states that require higher education institutions to have a Threat Assessment Team made terrible mistakes handling complaints and information they knew about this shooter before this tragedy. Virginia became the first state to mandate threat assessment teams in any

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The University of Virginia student charged with three counts of murder was on the radar of the University Threat Assessment Team

Active Shooter Incident, Threat Assessment / Al Becker

The University of Virginia student charged with three counts of murder was on the radar of the University Threat Assessment Team. He was involved in a hazing allegation and an allegation that he possessed a gun. He had been uncooperative with University Officials during their investigation. In addition, he was charged and convicted of reckless

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Can Educators and Police Predict the Next School Shooter?

Active Shooter Incident, Threat Assessment / Al Becker

This is an interesting article regarding the ability to stop school shootings. The information comes from the first ever National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security hosted by the DHS – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. According to the US Secret Service, a demographic profile of school shooters doesn’t exist but soon-to-be gunmen exhibit

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Ohio School District is Arming School Staff

School Safety / Al Becker

School districts across the country are looking at various programs to prevent or mitigate the threat of school active shooters. Arming teachers is a very controversial proposal but as mentioned in this article some Ohio suburbs are currently training and arming select teachers. The West Carrollton school district which is a suburb of Dayton Ohio

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Developing and Enhancing the Higher Ed Emergency Operations Plan – REMS TA Center

School Safety / Al Becker

We have been seeing school shooting tragedies and violence increasing across the county in the last few years. There are approximately 55 million elementary and secondary school students in public and nonpublic schools and approximately 19 million more students in Colleges and Universities within the United States. The safety of our innocent children, young adults,

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