To become more educated consumers in the burgeoning school-security marketplace, boards should beware sales ploys involving strategic alliances, questionable nonprofit or "research" organizations, free assessments, bargain-basement prices, the widget approach, and gimmicks. Insets debate armed officers on campus and provide a school-security…

Increasingly, schools are hiring personnel dedicated exclusively to security duties as part of the district's school-safety plan. The first step is to conduct a full assessment of a district's current security operation and specific security needs. Security personnel should be under the direction of a trained and experienced security professional.…

This book is written primarily for elementary and secondary school administrators and teachers, but college faculty involved in providing teacher or administrator education would also benefit from the practical approach to issues of school security. Chapters 1 through 3 establish a framework for dealing with the myths and realities of school…

In July 2002, the National Association of School Resource Officers (school-based police officers) administered a 52-item questionnaire to its members attending the Association's annual conference. The survey covered the officers' views on school security and safety. This report presents the results of that survey. A total of 658 surveys were…