Written by: Patrick V Fiel Sr. In September, a 13-year-old male student in a California middle school died after a bullying attack by two classmates. Students and parents claim not enough has been done to address this issue at … read more

  Written by: Charisma Williams Earlier this year, the American Red Cross held its first annual Disaster Preparedness Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. What they envisioned as a small gathering of emergency managers ended up as a … read more

  Written by: Jed Pressgrove The Colorado Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE) Technodrome, a new drone-testing facility in Garfield County, Colo., will help public safety professionals become certified drone users. But just as significant, the 7,000-square-foot … read more

  Written by: Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio While thousands of cities and counties have banded together to sue opioid makers and distributors in a federal court, another group of plaintiffs has started to sue on their own: hospitals. Hundreds of … read more

  Written by: Everton Bailey Jr., The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. / September 13, 2019 (TNS) – Tifphany Hofstetter was terrified as she stood with her co-worker in March and watched their patient drive off with their ambulance in Southeast Portland. … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock, Campus Safety Senior Editor A 2016 study conducted by Dr. Justin Patchin and Dr. Sameer Hinduja surveyed a nationally-representative sample of 5,700 middle and high school students ages 12-17 from July through October. The results showed that the … read more

  Written by GCC Last month I received a wonderful communication from within the Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice sharing some wonderful and FREE resources that I wanted to pass along for anyone who can use … read more

  Written by GCC Last month Sandy Hook Promise released a new PSA, ‘Back to School Essentials’, to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and spread its message on knowing the signs to prevent school shootings. This … read more

by Jim McKay / August 23, 2019 The school shootings from the last few years have prompted action by school districts to do something that might curb or mitigate a potential mass shooting, and one of the “tools in the … read more

Written by: Bryan Warren, August 6, 2019 On March 1, 2017, the Joint Commission issued Sentinel Event Alert No. 57, “The Essential Role of Leadership in Developing a Safety Culture.” While on the surface, this alert seems to speak more … read more