Publication
School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2021–2022
This First Look report presents findings from the 2021–2022 School Survey on Crime and Safety data collection.
This First Look report presents findings from the 2021–2022 School Survey on Crime and Safety data collection.
Publication
Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School
This report provides a detailed accounting and critical assessment of what transpired in the days and months leading up to the shooting at Robb Elementary...
This report provides a detailed accounting and critical assessment of what transpired in the days and months leading up to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the immediate first-responder actions taken following it, and the efforts since then to address and improve upon gaps and deficiencies in procedures.
Publication
Report on Indicators of School Crimes and Safety: 2022
The Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety. The information presented in...
The Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety. The information presented in this report serves as a reference for policymakers and practitioners so that they can develop effective programs and policies aimed at violence and school crime prevention.
Publication
Online Safety for K–12 Students
This article provides recommendations and resources to help schools establish protocols for online safety for K–12 students.
This article provides recommendations and resources to help schools establish protocols for online safety for K–12 students.
Publication
DHS Blue Campaign
This article discusses how school resource officers can play a role in identifying human trafficking victims among the student body in which they serve.
This article discusses how school resource officers can play a role in identifying human trafficking victims among the student body in which they serve.
Publication
Strategic Communications for Law Enforcement Executives
The purpose of this guide is to help law enforcement agency leaders and strategic communications advisors develop the necessary knowledge and skill to create strategic...
The purpose of this guide is to help law enforcement agency leaders and strategic communications advisors develop the necessary knowledge and skill to create strategic communications plans to help build and maintain community trust.
Publication
Memorandum of Understanding Fact Sheet
This fact sheet serves as a guide for law enforcement agencies and schools on how to develop a Memorandum of Understanding that clearly documents the...
This fact sheet serves as a guide for law enforcement agencies and schools on how to develop a Memorandum of Understanding that clearly documents the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the individuals and partners involved in supporting school safety.
Publication
Averting Targeted School Violence
This report examines 67 disrupted plots by current or former students against K–12 schools from 2006–2018. The findings should be utilized by schools and their...
This report examines 67 disrupted plots by current or former students against K–12 schools from 2006–2018. The findings should be utilized by schools and their surrounding communities to help intervene earlier and more effectively with students in distress.
Video
In the Aftermath
This FBI-produced documentary focuses on best practices after school shooting tragedies, including family reunification, dealing with accompanying trauma, and crisis planning. It highlights the difficult...
This FBI-produced documentary focuses on best practices after school shooting tragedies, including family reunification, dealing with accompanying trauma, and crisis planning. It highlights the difficult journey of recovery while also giving hope to survivors.
Featured Publication
Ten Essential Actions to Improve School Safety
In this report, the COPS Office’s School Safety Working Group identifies 10 essential things schools, school districts, and law enforcement agencies can do to mitigate...
In this report, the COPS Office’s School Safety Working Group identifies 10 essential things schools, school districts, and law enforcement agencies can do to mitigate and prevent school violence as well as to facilitate swift and effective law enforcement assistance when it is necessary.
Publication
Protecting America’s Schools
This report examines 41 attacks against K–12 schools in the United States from 2008 to 2017, and the backgrounds and behaviors of the attackers, in...
This report examines 41 attacks against K–12 schools in the United States from 2008 to 2017, and the backgrounds and behaviors of the attackers, in order to inform the best practices of multidisciplinary school threat assessment programs nationwide.
Publication
Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model
The guide provides schools and communities with a framework to identify students of concern, assess their risk for engaging in violence, and identify intervention strategies...
The guide provides schools and communities with a framework to identify students of concern, assess their risk for engaging in violence, and identify intervention strategies to mitigate that risk.
Publication
Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
This guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and update emergency operations plans in response to potential emergencies.
This guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and update emergency operations plans in response to potential emergencies.
Publication
Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence
This study aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps,...
This study aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps, if any, to take after learning the information.
Publication
Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative
This publication results from an ongoing collaboration between the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education. Its goals are to determine whether it...
This publication results from an ongoing collaboration between the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education. Its goals are to determine whether it could have been known that incidents of targeted violence at schools were being planned and whether anything could have been done to prevent them from occurring.
Publication
Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates
This document uses findings from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service to create a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students...
This document uses findings from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service to create a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools.
Webinar
Getting Buy-In for Anonymous Reporting Systems
This webinar highlights the history and philosophy of anonymous reporting systems (ARS), their essential components, and how to effectively adopt and maintain ARSs in their...
This webinar highlights the history and philosophy of anonymous reporting systems (ARS), their essential components, and how to effectively adopt and maintain ARSs in their schools.
Training
Examples of Anonymous Reporting Systems
As a stand-alone training, this session considers Anonymous Reporting Systems (ARS) and their impact on school climate.
As a stand-alone training, this session considers Anonymous Reporting Systems (ARS) and their impact on school climate.
Webinar
Engaging Collaborators in School Safety Program Planning
This webinar focuses on how to find partners that best suit your school safety program goals and determine when in the planning process to connect...
This webinar focuses on how to find partners that best suit your school safety program goals and determine when in the planning process to connect with them. Presenters also discuss how to define scopes of work, develop an outreach strategy, conduct an evaluation, and successfully implement a program.
Video
The First Five Things An SRO Should Do
This six-part video series addresses a variety of topics for school resource officers, including how to clarify your role and authority with school leadership, getting...
This six-part video series addresses a variety of topics for school resource officers, including how to clarify your role and authority with school leadership, getting to know the staff and students, the importance of knowing your building inside and out, and how to become an immediate presence in your new community.
Training
An Introduction to SRO Programs
An Introduction to SRO Programs, a 3-hour eLearning course, directly supports the mission of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) to provide the...
An Introduction to SRO Programs, a 3-hour eLearning course, directly supports the mission of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) to provide the “highest quality of training to school-based law enforcement officers.” This course provides an overview of school-based law enforcement programs and illuminates the critical need for further SRO training.
Webinar
Essential Elements of School Threat Assessment
This webinar reviews the essential features of school threat assessment, how and when it should occur, and how it differs from other forms of threat...
This webinar reviews the essential features of school threat assessment, how and when it should occur, and how it differs from other forms of threat assessment.
Website/Clearinghouse
Fast Facts
This webpage contains statistics related to school crime.
This webpage contains statistics related to school crime.
Website/Clearinghouse
Crime and Safety Surveys
This website contains data and reports produced by the National Center for Education Statistics on the topic of school crime and safety.
This website contains data and reports produced by the National Center for Education Statistics on the topic of school crime and safety.
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