Educational Service District 112 The Layered Defense Model Crafting a Safe and Positive School Climate

Prevention and Intervention is best defense Perpetrators: mental and emotional history Most unresponsive to normal limitations Survivors typically fled or sheltered Seconds count: barriers and compartments Limit shooter mobility and targets Lessons Learned: Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook

School Security Layered Defense Model Prevent: Intervene, Prepare, Practice Integrated Fire Prevention Comparison Assessment, Prioritizing, Roadmapping Exploring Proven Models for School Security Implementation

Risk profiling and assessment Formal psych resource intervention Staff training: detect & report Tips safe harbor, Tweets & FB SRO outreach and engagement Layer One Deterrent: Intervention

SRO patrolling. Patrol Officer Visits Visible video cams and monitors Monitor / control access “buzz in” Evident posture: vigilance and response All Staff greet, challenge & guide Layer Two Deterrent: Observable Hardening

Video analytics, detector assisted Badging and visitor controls Level 1 Watch, alert, alarm protocols enabled, tested and always active Identified practiced refuge plan Integrate what you have Layer Three More Active Measures

Script & Automate responses Closely manage access. Dual Channel Physical hardening, ballistic defense, refuge areas, mantraps Virtual presence enabled Formal scripted text alerting Radio to intercom linking Layer Four Advanced Active Measures

Building structured cabling and LAN District wide network Existing clock / bell / intercom system Existing video security Existing access control Existing badging Complex integration required Leveraging Existing Infrastructure Systems Integration