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Nationwide Cell Phone Outage Highlights Need for Multiple Emergency Communications Systems

“We can’t depend only on an app for students’ safety,” one person wrote on a petition to install emergency call boxes at the University of Georgia after a student was murdered.
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A Gunshot Detection System Designed with School Safety in Mind

Hear what sets apart Bosch’s gunshot detection system from others on the market and see a demo of how the technology works.
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Human Trafficking on College Campuses: What It Looks Like and Resources for Police, Students

Maraya Lasinsky, chief advisor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, discusses human trafficking on college campuses and available resources for both campus police and students.
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7 Hazing Tragedies That Spurred Harsher Anti-Hazing Laws in 9 States

Tim’s Law, inspired by the tragic hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, has been enacted in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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The Dangers of Swatting and Its Impact on Schools and Communities

Jeffrey Yarbrough, police chief for the Hutto Police Department and an advisor for Raptor Technologies, discusses why swatting is so harmful to campuses and their surrounding communities and how to best combat it.
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Securing Graduation Ceremonies: Making the Case for Weapons Detection

Peter Evans, CEO of Xtract One Technologies, discusses weapons detection dos and don’ts for securing graduation ceremonies.
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UTHSC Modernizes Historic Campus with $30M Security Project

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center embarked on a complete security overhaul to stand out from the competition.
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Test Your FERPA Knowledge: Can This Student Info Be Released?

Here are nine practical scenarios in which a request is made to access student information. Would providing the data be a FERPA violation?
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How Unified Video and Access Control Improves Campus Safety While Saving Money

Jason Friedberg, commercial lead for education at Genetec, Inc., shares what campuses should be looking for in a unified system to help them reduce total cost of ownership while improving effectiveness.
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How Should These Clery Act Crimes Be Classified in Your ASR?

Would these scenarios, pulled from the Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting, count as Clery Act crimes?
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Campus Sexual Assault: How Sewanee Reduced Sexual Violence Against BIPOC

Since the implementation of Sewanee’s C.P.R. in Action Initiative, sexual violence against students of color has dropped 26%.
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Surge in Electric Scooter Accidents Spurs School Bans

Many K-12 schools and college campuses have banned or limited electric scooters as recent data shows e-scooter injuries rose from under 30,000 in 2020 to 118,485 in 2024.
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