How to Prevent School Shootings
| dc.contributor.author | Filidei, Christopher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-09T21:23:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-09T21:23:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To combat the rise of violence in academic settings, law enforcement must learn from the mistakes of the past, acknowledge current issues and plan accordingly to prevent tragedy in the future. Agencies should use a proactive approach when it comes to stopping school violence. In recent years, violence in academic settings, particularly mass shootings, have become more common and even more frequent. In fact, these acts of violence have become so normal that many people are not even shocked when they find out another one has occurred. Across the country, there has been a big push to place more police in schools, which is a good thing, but with the influx of officers in academic settings, attention should now be paid to the standards to which those officers are held. Firstly, those officers should avoid complacency at all costs; this is a major issue in law enforcement as a whole and when compounded with a relatively laid-back school environment, this quickly becomes a problem. Officers need to be as proactive in the schools as they would be if they were out on the streets working their normal area. Looking out for mental health issues is another essential component in the world of school police. With the uptick of teen suicides in recent years and media coverage that seems to glorify these actions, academic-based officers need to make a conscious effort to look for and speak with students whom they think may be having problems. Being in decent shape and having a “squared away” appearance is another valuable law enforcement trait that has been proven to stop people from causing problems. The easiest deterrent for violent actions in schools, and often the most overlooked, is officer visibility. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/4130 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Crisis management | en_US |
| dc.subject | School violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Schools--Security measures | en_US |
| dc.title | How to Prevent School Shootings | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |