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This downloadable guide is a collection of personal best practices and practical advice from principals and assistant principals who led schools in recovery after a shooting.

This downloadable training module aims to help K-12 schools and school districts understand the core principles of CPTED; demonstrate how CPTED is applied in a school setting; and offer recommendations about how CPTED, through the SITE ASSESS mobile application, can be implemented.

This downloadable training module was designed to help K-12 schools and school districts develop a greater understanding of site assessments and associated key concepts, such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Universal Design; introduce SITE ASSESS, a free site assessment tool; and provide instructions on how to use the SITE ASSESS technology. 

This academic study examines the impact of school resource officers on school environments and student outcomes.

This resource guide provides school planning and site assessment teams with a suite of resources to improve the safety and security of schools, with information on a variety of topics including building design, maintaining safe and healthy facilities, and preparing for threats and hazards.

This webinar provides an overview of the SITE ASSESS tool and how schools and districts can use it to assess the safety, security, accessibility, and emergency preparedness of buildings and grounds.

This webinar provides detailed guidance for the management and design of an education system’s violence prevention strategy. It features specific, practical strategies for implementing and sustaining school violence prevention efforts and includes information on the impact of positive school climate and relational strength on student violence.

This training course is designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, tele-communicator and emergency medical services (EMS) in active attack / shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care, along with a model framework for law enforcement, fire, and EMS to integrate responses during an active attack / shooter event through the rescue task force concept.

This fact sheet provides information on the safe storage of firearms at home.

This guide provides a snapshot of what physical security measures are and how they can be implemented in a school. It highlights research-based considerations and evidence on specific security measures, as well as what to consider when utilizing selected measures in a school building.