School Safety Resources
About This Resource
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) recognizes the importance of school safety in ensuring a healthy learning environment. Preventing issues before they occur, having a plan in place for when things go wrong, and taking action after an incident, are all important topics covered in the resources below.
These resources, curated by the COPS Training Portal, consist of online courses, publications, podcasts, and much more. This page will be updated with the latest information, so please check back often.
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In-Person and Online Training Resources
Guides, Publications, and Reports
Dispatch Articles
The Community Policing Dispatch is the award-winning e-newsletter of the COPS Office
Podcasts – The Beat
Police in Schools
JANUARY 2020
What’s New in Blue
What’s New in Blue is a series of short videos intended to keep viewers informed about innovative developments and critical issues in law enforcement.
Season 2 | Episode 5: Drug Endangered Children feat. Eric Nation
Now retired, Eric Nation began his law enforcement career in 1994 and became a founding member of the Jasper County (Iowa) Drug Endangered Children Alliance. During his time in law enforcement, Nation experienced numerous cases of children who suffered physical or emotional harm as a result of drug use, possession, manufacturing, and distribution. The impact of what Nation witnessed became such a concern that he left policing to focus his efforts on training others to identify at-risk children and coordinating the various systems and disciplines that intervene and provide services to these children and families.
Eric Nation is Director of Training and Development for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children. Note: Video will play in a new window.
Technical Support
Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC)
Specific Assistance Brochures
Information on Sheriff Specific Assistance
Information on Tribal Specific Assistance
Websites and Resources
The resources on this page are intended for staff and educators of public K-12 schools and school districts. Resources found here typically address FERPA and how it applies to the various day-to-day operations of public schools at the administrative level. Guidance is also provided for specific situations that occur only in the K-12 setting.
Schoolsafety.gov
Provides schools and districts with actionable recommendations to create a safe and supportive learning environment where students can thrive and grow
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools has administered the REMS TA Center to serve two critical functions aimed at helping education agencies, with their community partners, manage safety, security, and emergency management programs
Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans
A Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
School Climate and Discipline
Administrators, educators, students, parents and community members can find on this site tools, data and resources
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