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Safety & Security in Chesterfield

School Board Safety Task Force - April 24, 2018 Donald R. Green, CPP Safety & Security Manager

Schools are Safe

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School mass violence attacks are very rare:

• Extremely Low Probability - Extremely High Impact
• 60 Million / 60 Thousand kids go to school and come home every day
• More children are murdered every year by their parents than in all mass

killings since 1966 - 500/176 (CNN; Washington Post)

• 2015 suicides - ages 4-15: 413; ages 15-24: 5,491 (CDC)
• Most children will go K-12 never seeing anything more violent than a fist fight
• Most teachers will go their entire career and never be exposed to mass

violence

• Any guesses on how many K-12 school attacks with 5 or more killings?

Schools are Safe

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School mass violence attacks are very rare:

• Extremely Low Probability - Extremely High Impact
• 60 Million / 60 Thousand kids go to school and come home every day
• More children are murdered every year by their parents than in all mass

killings since 1966 - 500/176 (CNN; Washington Post)

• 2015 suicides - ages 4-15: 413; ages 15-24: 5,491 (CDC)
• Most children will go K-12 never seeing anything more violent than a fist fight.
• Most teachers will go their entire career and never be exposed to mass

violence

• K-12 5+ killings: 1674, 1898, 1927, 1940, 1958, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006,

2012, 2014, 2018

4/20/18 2 How We Got Here

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With every attack, we learn and change

• Enoch Brown School, 1764 - First One
• Bath Consolidated School, 1927 - IED, VBIED
• Our Lady of the Angels School, 1958 - Arson,

Fire Alarms, Construction/Design, Fire Drills

• UT Tower, 1966 - SWAT
• Pearl HS, 1997 - Armed School Staff, Bullying,

Warnings

• Columbine HS, 1999 - Active Shooters, Police

Response, Suicide, Lockdown

• Red Lake HS, 2005 - Metal Detectors
• Va. Tech, 2007 - Barricades, R-H-F
• Sandy Hook ES, 2012 - R-H-F, Calls for Action
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, 2018 - Calls

for Action

How We Got Here

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Systems Currently in Place

• Central oversight through the Office of Safety &

Security ○ Cooperation with: ■ CCPD ■ CCFEMS/Emergency Management ■ CC Office of Risk Management

• School Tools

○ Threat Assessment ○ School Safety Teams ○ Infrastructure Inspections and Improvements ○ Drills & Exercises

Current State

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Office of Safety & Security - Operations Division

• Manager
• Asst. Manager
• Program Tech
• Electronic Security Technicians (2)
• Locksmiths (3)
• School Security Officers - High Schools (15)

Work closely with CCPD Child Safety Unit

• Captain
• Lieutenant
• Sergeants (4)
• Child Safety Coordinator
• SROs (30)
• Child Safety Officers/Crossing Guards (21)

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Raptor
• Volunteer background checks
• Employee ID cards
• Electronic access control systems
• Camera surveillance systems
• Locks and door hardware
• SSO training, equipment, and strategic oversight
• Triennial and annual school safety inspections
• Key control compliance
• School Crisis & Emergency Management Plans
• School crisis drills and exercise compliance
• Provide support and advice to principals during unusual

situations

• Evaluate traffic, fencing, and other concerns
• Specify security infrastructure for new construction and

renovations

• Respond to potential and emergent crises

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Mass violence threats

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Bomb threats

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Fires

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Disruptive parents and visitors

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Potentially volatile terminations

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Community violence or danger near schools

• School point of contact for local, state, and federal public

safety agencies and organizations

• Staff the county Emergency Operations Center duties

during weather and other potential disasters

• Assist Risk Management, Internal Audit, Human

Resources, and division leadership with certain investigations

• Interagency Safety Committee
• Train staff on emergency response protocols

ALARM Active Shooter Response Protocol

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New CCPS Protocol:

A.L.A.R.M.

• Active Response
• Lockdown with Barricade
• Alert Others
• Run
• Make a Decision and Act on it!

ALARM Active Shooter Response Protocol

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It is widely accepted that “traditional” lockdown response is unsafe and has contributed to higher victim counts in mass killing attacks. CCPS began implementing A.L.A.R.M. this school year. It is a multi-year process to change long-standing behavior

• Introductory training
• Drills
• Faculty discussions
• On-line module
• Train the Trainer/Response Facilitator Program

4/20/18 4 Working Group #2 - School Safety

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Topics for consideration

• Role of the Office of Safety & Security
• Role of School Security Officers

○ Current unarmed SSOs ○ Potential for Armed SSOs (former law enforcement officers)

• Crisis and Emergency Management Planning

○ Cloud/BYOD access ○ Training ○ Exercising

• Safety training for students, staff, and families
• Technology

○ Visitor management and volunteer screening ○ Surveillance systems ○ Access control ○ Metal detectors ○ Mass notification

• Traffic management

○ Drop off/Pick up ○ Signage ○ Crossing guards

• Policy and/or legislative recommendations

Working Group #2 - School Safety

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Process

• 3-6 Group meetings
• Subcommittee meetings/communicating

individually

• Draft white paper/recommendations list

complete by Aug. 15

• Present final white paper/recommendations list

to Task Force at Sept. 19 meeting

• Use the Interagency Safety Committee to
• versee implementation

Composition

• Chair - Dianne Smith
• Facilitators

○ Donald Green ○ Joe Tylus ○ Emily Ashley ○ Jason Seamster

• Group Members

○ Jim Lupacchino ○ Mark Snipes ○ Sabrina Adams ○ Jennifer Porter ○ Leah Claudio ○ Venson Wallin ○ Jeff Butler ○ Amrah O’Donnell ○ Pete Landergan ○ Angie Trueblood

Safety & Security in Chesterfield

School Board Safety Task Force - April 24, 2018 Donald R. Green, CPP Safety & Security Manager