The shooting of two administrators at Denver East High on Wednesday morning has prompted public outcry from students and parents after another series of seemingly missed red flags failed to prevent gun violence on campus. Why was a student allowed to attend class when he needed to be searched every…

Yesterday at Denver East High School, two school administrators with no formal security training were shot by a student during a daily pat down for a weapon. This was an example of “The Matrix Problem” when staff at a metal detector or security checkpoint don’t actually think they will find…

On Tuesday February 7, 2023, a call came in for a school shooting in progress at Nouvel High School in Saginaw, Michigan. Officers raced to the campus to find the front doors locked. Fresh from the memories of gross inaction at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, officers quickly decided to ram…

“We realized that you can’t take a handgun to a rifle fight, because most of the bad guys are coming into the schools with assault rifles,” said a school police officer in Slaughter, LA as he patrolled the hallways with a rifle strapped to his chest. The vast majority of…

Today, two students were killed and a staff member was seriously wounded at the Starts Right Here charter high school in Des Moines, IA. Starts Right Here is an educational mentorship program that helps at-risk youth and has won high-profile support from state and city leaders. Ten months ago, three…

Five years ago today, a 15-year-old student killed 2 and wounded 18 at Marshall County High in Benton, KY. His planned attack occurred before classes started at 7:57 AM in a large hallway near the cafeteria. Five years later, this school shooting highlights multiple shortfalls that still exist for school…

In 2022, there were 302 school shootings, more than any year prior. In fact, for the 2022 school year — fall in particular — there was a shooting pretty much every single school day. I’ve been tracking school shootings every day since Parkland in 2018 for the K-12 School Shooting…

More than two decades later, each 9/11 anniversary continues to be a stark reminder of everything that went wrong leading up to that fateful day. Elected officials underestimated the threat. Intelligence agencies weren’t communicating or sharing information. Witnesses to the warning signs had no means to report them. First responders…

In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, President Biden signed the first bipartisan gun legislation in generations. Included in the bill is $300 million in federal grant funding for “school security”. On the surface this provision seems fairly simple - more security would indeed stop the next school shooting. Unfortunately…