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LAUSD Cancels Classes due to Threat

December 15, 2015

All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed this morning until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible threat.”

UT Faculty Council Passes Resolution Against Campus Carry

November 17, 2015

University of Texas faculty council unanimously passed a resolution to ban guns from classrooms, laboratories, offices and dorms.

TCU Opts out of Campus Carry

November 14, 2015

Students at Texas Christian University won't be able to carry their guns on campus next year.

Updated Report: Shooting on Oregon College Campus Kills Nine

October 1, 2015

Nine people were killed during a shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday. The shooter, a 26-year-old student, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement.

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School Statewide Panic Button App Introduced in Arkansas

August 12, 2015

In Arkansas, every public school student, faculty and staff member in the state will now be protected by a panic button.

Ohio Standards Board Opposes School Barricade Devices

July 27, 2015

Ohio's building standards board took a strong position against the installation of barricade devices on classroom doors in the event of an active shooter.

Study Finds School Shootings, Mass Killings are 'Contagious'

July 6, 2015

Mass killings and school shootings spread "contagiously," a new study found.

Communication and Buy-In: Learning from 2014’s Workplace Violence Mitigation Trends

Felix P. Nater

June 23, 2015

We’ve all heard it said before, “Hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst!” It applies more today than ever in terms of designing the appropriate workplace violence prevention response needed to protect employees and stakeholders that it may all be coming together sooner than later.