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What is ‘school security’?

What is ‘school security’?

In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, President Biden signed the first bipartisan gun legislation in generations. Included in the bill is…
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Kids in Crosshairs: Sniper Attacks on Schools

Kids in Crosshairs: Sniper Attacks on Schools

On a Friday afternoon, a group of teens crossed a glass sky-bridge connecting buildings at the Edmund Burke School, an elite prep school in…
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2021: Breaking School Shooting Records

2021: Breaking School Shooting Records

As 2021 comes to an end, it shatters the record for gun violence at K-12 schools in the United States. Shots were fired on school campuses…
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Stop the Arbitrary Benchmark for a Mass Shooting

Stop the Arbitrary Benchmark for a Mass Shooting

News headlines across the country labeled the massacre in Boulder, CO as the nth ‘mass shooting’ to happen this year. While these…
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The Psychology and Social Psychology of Conspiratorial Thinking

The Psychology and Social Psychology of Conspiratorial Thinking

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed daily conspiracy theories on just about everything imaginable. Everything…
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Biggest ISIS Attack in 3 Years: Day One Challenge to President Biden

Biggest ISIS Attack in 3 Years: Day One Challenge to President Biden

On the first day of Joe Biden’s presidency, simultaneous suicide bombings killed at least 32 people and injured 110 others in Iraq. ISIS…
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First Mile of the Vaccination Marathon

First Mile of the Vaccination Marathon

General Perna, the military official running Operation Warp Speed, said yesterday that the “last mile” of vaccinating the American public…
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2020 Update: Imagining Future Homeland Security Threats

2020 Update: Imagining Future Homeland Security Threats

While the events of 2020 have shocked the general public, homeland security experts ‘imagined’ these threats including a global pandemic…
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10 Ways to Decide Who Gets the COVID Vaccine

10 Ways to Decide Who Gets the COVID Vaccine

The United States is about three weeks away from distributing hundreds of thousands of doses of the new COVID vaccines. The logistics of…
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K-12 School Shooting Database 2.0

K-12 School Shooting Database 2.0

Two years after launching the K-12 School Shooting Database in September 2018, the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval…
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COVID, Columbine, Copycats, and Counting School Shootings

COVID, Columbine, Copycats, and Counting School Shootings

With public schools closed due to COVID-19, it was a surprisingly busy week for school shooting news. Here’s what happened:
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COVID-19: The Black Swan We Saw Coming

COVID-19: The Black Swan We Saw Coming

An unforeseen, unimaginable crisis of severe consequence is a black swan event. A global pandemic was both foreseen and completely…
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Major Disaster: What’s the COVID-19 Plan for Hurricane Season?

Major Disaster: What’s the COVID-19 Plan for Hurricane Season?

We need to realize right now that the way we have responded to major disasters in the past is not going to work this year.
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COVID-19: Life Without 911

COVID-19: Life Without 911

What happens when there is no one left to answer 911 calls because police, firefighters, EMS, and other first responders aren’t available.
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COVID Crisis: Cities Need to Train Volunteers Now

COVID Crisis: Cities Need to Train Volunteers Now

Right now is the critical time to train volunteer citizens to assist health care and emergency services before full-time staff become ill.
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Year End Summary: School Shootings in 2019

Year End Summary: School Shootings in 2019

As 2019 comes to an end, it nears another record for gun violence in K-12 schools in the United States. Unlike the planned attacks in 2018…
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Saugus High School Shooting: Early Analysis

Saugus High School Shooting: Early Analysis

This morning, a 16-year-old student shot 5 classmates in an outdoor school courtyard before turning the gun on himself. Tragically, two of…
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