Is your School a Safe-Haven in a Dangerous World?

Rudy Grippo • April 28, 2023

Keeping schools safe is a challenge every security director, facilities manager and school administrator faces across the country.

School shootings are a far too familiar tragedy, with other more common dangers always around the corner, making it necessary to employ a watchful series of security solutions to protect pupils and staff. Schools can’t risk a poorly designed, inefficient system that increases costs while failing to provide the level of security required.

With every public and private school across the country facing similar challenges, the Security Industry Association (SIA) teamed up with the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) to create the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) in 2013. PASS is designed to help K-12 schools implement the most effective security technology and systems possible, with a lot of seasoned security professionals contributing to the organization and documents they’ve published.

In this and other articles, Sabre Integrated wants to help safety personnel in schools make smart choices about how they deploy and recommend the investment of resources, including technology, to ensure the schools they protect are safer from a complex series of threats.

Threats Schools Encounter

Every school faces a different series of unique threats. And yet, whether public or private, most schools are battling a series of overlapping and common threats:

Discipline is difficult to enforce: Students can pose as much, if not more, of a danger to themselves and teachers than an external threat.

Liability is a substantial challenge: Teachers, administrators, and security staff need to understand what they can/can’t do.

Safety is no longer the sole responsibility of security staff and fire marshals; n many cases, liability is distributed amongst teams and layers of managers. Clear guidance isn’t always easy to find.

Threats are higher and more complex: From guns and knives to violence, drugs, even cyber- attacks and malicious hacking. Although the goals are still the same: to safeguard students and staff, the risks against them are evolving, making security a complex and moving target.

Keeping Schools and Colleges safe in a dangerous World

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Keeping schools safe is a challenge every security director, facilities managers and school administrator faces across the country.

School shootings happen far too often , they are a familiar tragedy across the country. More common threats and challenges include guns and knives to violence, drugs, even cyber- attacks and malicious hacking.

Educators face a series of challenges . Discipline is difficult to enforce. Liability is a substantial challenge. Clear guidance isn’t always easy to find about who is responsible for student safety, and where liability sits within management teams.