4/20/18 Safety & Security in Chesterfield School Board Safety - PDF document

4/20/18 Safety & Security in Chesterfield School Board Safety Task Force - April 24, 2018 Donald R. Green, CPP Safety & Security Manager Schools are Safe 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? 2 Schools are Safe 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 3 1

4/20/18 How We Got Here 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 4 How We Got Here 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 5 Current State 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) 6 2

4/20/18 Current State Roles and Responsibilities ● Respond to potential and emergent crises ● Raptor ○ Mass violence threats ● Volunteer background checks ○ Bomb threats ● Employee ID cards ○ Fires ● Electronic access control systems ○ ● Disruptive parents and visitors Camera surveillance systems ○ Potentially volatile terminations ● Locks and door hardware ○ Community violence or danger near schools ● SSO training, equipment, and strategic oversight ● ● School point of contact for local, state, and federal public Triennial and annual school safety inspections safety agencies and organizations ● Key control compliance ● Staff the county Emergency Operations Center duties ● School Crisis & Emergency Management Plans ● during weather and other potential disasters School crisis drills and exercise compliance ● Assist Risk Management, Internal Audit, Human ● Provide support and advice to principals during unusual Resources, and division leadership with certain situations investigations ● Evaluate traffic, fencing, and other concerns ● Interagency Safety Committee ● Specify security infrastructure for new construction and ● Train staff on emergency response protoco ls renovations 7 ALARM Active Shooter Response Protocol New CCPS Protocol: A.L.A.R.M. ● Active Response ● Lockdown with Barricade ● Alert Others ● Run ● Make a Decision and Act on it! 8 ALARM Active Shooter Response Protocol 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 9 3

4/20/18 Working Group #2 - School Safety Topics for consideration ● Role of the Office of Safety & Security ● Technology ○ Visitor management and volunteer ● Role of School Security Officers screening ○ Current unarmed SSOs ○ Potential for Armed SSOs (former law ○ Surveillance systems ○ Access control enforcement officers) ● Crisis and Emergency Management Planning ○ Metal detectors ○ Mass notification ○ Cloud/BYOD access ● Traffic management ○ Training ○ Drop off/Pick up ○ Exercising ○ Signage ● Safety training for students, staff, and families ○ Crossing guards ● Policy and/or legislative recommendations 10 Working Group #2 - School Safety Process Composition ● Chair - Dianne Smith ● 3-6 Group meetings ● Facilitators ● Subcommittee meetings/communicating individually ○ Donald Green ○ Joe Tylus ● Draft white paper/recommendations list complete by Aug. 15 ○ Emily Ashley ○ Jason Seamster ● Present final white paper/recommendations list to Task Force at Sept. 19 meeting ● Group Members ● Use the Interagency Safety Committee to ○ Jim Lupacchino ○ Mark Snipes oversee implementation ○ Sabrina Adams ○ Jennifer Porter ○ Leah Claudio ○ Venson Wallin ○ Jeff Butler ○ Amrah O’Donnell ○ Pete Landergan 11 ○ Angie Trueblood Safety & Security in Chesterfield School Board Safety Task Force - April 24, 2018 Donald R. Green, CPP Safety & Security Manager 4