1. Safe and Secure Schools
Safe and Secure Schools Unit

3. Rules of 3 Tip of the spear…. CRISIS Red flag Red flag X Red flag

4. Planning Communications Plans Crisis Plans Recovery Plans
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After 911 how are you going to communicate with LEO and first responders descending on your school?
Communications related to school, buses, parents, etc.

5. Planning ALL-Hazards based Crisis Plan Creation Maintenance
Implementation
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6. 22 hazards identified within Kansas
Agriculture Infestation
Civil Disorder
Dam/Levee Failure
Drought
Earthquakes
Expansive Soils
Extreme Temperatures
Flood
Hail storms
Hazardous Materials
Land Subsidence
Landslides
Lightning
Major Disease Outbreak
Radiological
Soil Erosion/Dust
Terrorism/Agri-terrorism
Tornado
Utility Infrastructure Failure
Wildfire
Wind Storms
Winter Storms

7. Recovery Plans Recovery timeline Reunification Reconstitution
NM shooting took 6 weeks to tear down walls and re-purpose the space.
Columbine took 4 months to get the school ready for classes but other parts of the school (library) took much longer. Rebuilding cost upwards of $50M.

8. School Shooting vs. Shooting at a School
Intimate vs. Vindictive
Mindsets
Planning

9. Mindset Fantasy stage Planning stage Preparation stage Approach stage
Implementation stage

10. Active Assailant
Most active assailants only think about accomplishing a high body count! NO room for talking ONLY room for Action!

11. New mindset Active Assailants: What are your willing to do to survive?
What am I empowered to do?
Empowering your employees to make decisions.

12. Ideas Randomly increase visual security posture
8. Perform random inspections of employee and visitor
identification (If you do not have scan able ID’s for
employees)
2. Park USD vehicles in a manner that impedes other cars getting near the
building or students when they are outside
9. Perform random, in addition to regularly scheduled
inspections of HVAC and other utility related
infrastructure. Make sure the shut-off mechanisms
function as designed
3. Perform random telephonic verification of companies to confirm the origin
and destination of inbound deliveries if not done on a regular basis; confirm
delivery time, truck, and driver
10. Perform random doubling of walking patrols in building
and on grounds.
(staff must be trained to acknowledge suspicious
activities and know how to report it)
4. Perform random inspections of packages before allowing it to be dropped
off
11. Randomly place extra Staff on the school buses
5. Randomly change student bus drop off points on school grounds
12. Arrange for Local Law Enforcement vehicles to be
parked in high visibility areas around facility
6. Randomly assign one or two staff to stand by at facility entrance
13. During special events (ball games), randomly assign one
or two-person patrols to walk an assigned area on foot
7. Randomly perform checks on exterior throughout the facility. Attempt to
gain entrance through non-visitor doors
14. Randomly select lighting to leave on around critical areas and/or around the general site areas.

13. New mindset Mental Health:
You will never have a “safe” school until you acknowledge and treat mental health issues.
Situational awareness of the “red flags” of suicide.
Understanding that suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in children years of age.

14. New mindset
Human Trafficking:
Kansas is a major thoroughfare.
Age range yrs.
82% online sex crimes against minors.
They were recruited off their social media sites.
Hard to get victims out of their situation.
They believe they deserve to be treated this way.
“Childhood should not be a life and death experience!”

15. Mitigation Planning Safety is it’s own line item in school budgets!
Every dollar invested in safety programs can provide a return of $4 to $6 in reduced costs.
Training and exercises (drills)

16. Outcomes of not budgeting safety
Not addressing safety issues can negatively impact your bottom line in a number of direct and indirect ways. Medical expenses, disability payments, and OSHA fines are all recognizable direct costs of injuries and accidents. However, indirect costs should also be calculated and may include legal fees, long-term substitute costs while a staff member recovers, administrative time spent investigating and managing an issue, the cost to implement any change and communication of that change to staff, and, most importantly, an increase in your workers' compensation premiums. LOSS of Trust!
Safe Schools by Vector Matters, March 2019

17. Time for a change EVERYBODY wants to see change!
The thought process of “It won’t happen here” is irresponsible, school safety is not a fad.
It’s time to proactively plan, talk about and implement school safety.
Adults will not drive the change. Kids (students) will demand it and lead the charge.

18. Contact us: Susan McMahan John Calvert
School Safety Specialist School Safety Specialist
(785) (785)
Safe and Secure Schools Unit
Mission Statement
To assist school districts by helping them build solid foundations of readiness, security and resiliency to withstand ALL-Hazards and anything man-made (intentional or unintentional).