18 December 2012

Sandy Hook Follow Up

As most of the students in Newton, CT, prepare to return to school today, Tuesday, after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, communities and school districts in this region and throughout the nation are evaluating their security operations.

Media reports:

CT: Newtown School Staff Prepared For Students' Return (Hartford Courant)

CT: School safety becomes top priority (New Britain Herald)

ME: Schools in Maine, state officials put renewed focus on security measures (Kennebec Journal)

ME: Region's school superintendents discuss responses to Sandy Hook school shooting (Morning Sentinel)

MA: Several school districts lock doors Monday, may become more common (Boston Globe)

MA: Schools tighten security (The Daily News of Newburyport)

NH: District to push security fixes (Nashua Telegraph)

NH: Seacoast schools examine security in wake of tragedy (Portsmouth Herald)

RI/CT: Schools brace for difficult day (Westerly Sun)

RI: Massacre has schools talking about security (Pawtucket Times)

VT/NH: Reassuring Parents Upper Valley Schools Are Safe (Valley News)

VT: In Burlington, a new sense of vulnerability (Burlington Free Press)

National: After shooting, cops take no-tolerance approach to copycat threats (CNN)

Related information:

NASP: Tips for School Administrators for Reinforcing School Safety

Police Magazine: 8 Ways To Make Your Campus Safer (14 DEC 12)

International Association of Chiefs of Police: Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (2nd Edition)

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