School Shootings
NPR Can Verify Only 11 of 240 Reported School Shootings
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The U.S. Education Department reported shootings at 240 schools in 2015-2016. NPR says most of them never happened.
School Shootings
School Safety Measures Expand After Parkland Shooting
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About one-third of today’s parents fear for their child’s safety in school, finds a Phi Delta Kappa poll. That’s the highest proportion since 1998 and a steep increase from 2013, when the number was only 12 percent. Schools are using more devices like security cameras, metal detectors and bullet-resistant doors.
School Shootings
Man Accused in N.M. of Training Youth for School Violence
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A suspected child abductor found with 11 children and four other adults at a squalid New Mexico compound had trained at least one of the minors to use an assault rifle in preparation for a school shooting, prosecutors said.
School Shootings
Federal Panel Hears Chilly Response to ‘School Sentinels’
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The commission on school safety held a “listening session” in Cheyenne, Wyo., where attendees were cool to the idea of arming teachers. It’s like “asking your plumber to cut your hair,” said one school principal.
School Shootings
Texas School Safety Report Steers Clear of Gun Control
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A committee of senators recommended more funding to train and arm school personnel and “harden” school buildings but shied away from endorsement of “red flag” protective orders that advocates say could help prevent future shootings.
School Shootings
Guns a Taboo Topic for Trump’s School Safety Commission
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Five months after its creation, the Federal Commission on School Safety is under criticism for failing to tackle the politically thorny issue of gun control as part of its search for a federal response to the violence. Gun control groups are being shunned by the panel.
School Shootings
‘Errors’ Cited in Parkland Killer’s School Therapy Plan
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A newly released report finds little fault with the Broward school district’s handling of Nikolas Cruz, charged with killing 17 people at his former high school last Feb. 14. But the New York Times cites “two key errors” that left the troubled Cruz without therapeutic services from the district for more than a year before the shooting.
Policing
Police Foundation Launches Center for Mass Violence Research Studies
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The center, piloted by one of the nation’s leading police think tanks, will explore how police and other first responders can improve their ability to handle mass violence incidents like terror attacks and school shootings.
School Shootings
Who Else Could Have Stopped the Parkland Massacre?
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While school resource officer Scot Peterson has been under intense scrutiny for not stopping the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, another gun expert says that credible messengers could be used in schools to prevent mass shootings.
School Shootings
Indiana Debates Gun Policies After School Shooting
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Police say a boy opened fire with two handguns in a science classroom, wounding a teacher and another student. Gov. Eric Holcomb has begun to address the question that will almost certainly dominate next year’s legislative session: How do we prevent something like this from happening again?