Buildings and campuses are generally designed to be open and accessible. At the same time, every school considers security to protect its students and faculty on some level, for both emergencies and everyday administration. Today, disasters, shooters and terrorism push us to ask new questions of our buildings: how will we lock it down? Will doors open from the outside … Read More
Defending Your School: “Target Hardening”
This is a continuation of the discussion about the Public Safety Commission’s findings in their investigation of the tragedy in Parkland, Florida. Read more about those findings in our last blog installment: What Can We Learn From Parkland? Target Hardening and Why It’s Important In the investigation following the Parkland shooting, one of the Public Safety Commission’s recommendations included “target hardening”. In essence, … Read More