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EXPERT GROUP DISCOVERS 5 REASONS WHY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT SAFE
One in Four College Women Will Be Raped Before They Graduate, According to Justice Department Study
The SERAPH Research Team, consisting of education and law enforcement experts, has discovered five reasons for unsafe college campuses.
The SERAPH Research Team provides a bi-yearly school-safety report for Congress and in 2006 prepared an assessment of the “The Virginia Tech Review Panel Report”.
In its analysis of security concerns at colleges and universities across the country, SERAPH has determined:
1. Since the Columbine massacre in 1999, police departments across the United States have been training in “active shooter” response. This has been a well-established practice for use in public [K-12] schools.
EXPERT GROUP RELEASES FIVE CRITICAL U.S. SCHOOL SECURITY ISSUES LIST FOR 2010-2011
The SERAPH Research Team http://www.seraph.net/ which provides a biyearly school safety report for Congress has released its “FIVE CRITICAL SCHOOL SECURITY ISSUES list.
The list was developed from interviews with teachers, school security personnel, police and principals from 120 school districts throughout the United States.
- LACK OF ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF SECURITY ISSUES – Many schools and school districts have performed poor assessments of their school safety as it relates to everyday management of the schools.
Schools have security audits performed which focus on physical security such as cameras and emergency plans. These audits do not address classroom management, sub cultural groups, educational objectives, special education, negative behavior cliques and sexual issues.
EXPERT SAYS THAT WORKPLACE SHOOTINGS ARE CAUSED BY POOR MANAGEMENT
Discovery Channel’s Headquarters Suspect Had 4 Explosive Devices cbsnews.com
2 million employees of U.S. businesses are victimized each year. While at work employees suffered 396,000 aggravated assaults, 84,000 robberies, 1,000 homicides and 51,000 rapes and sexual assaults against women.
U.S. Department of Justice
Criminal analyst, Dale Yeager believes that most violence committed on the job could be stopped with proper training and management changes.
Yeager of SERAPH.net, who has studied the trend for the past 20 years, says that all workplace shootings are preventable.
School Safety Speaker
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PARTNERS WITH SERAPH
The Florida Association of School Administrators announced today a partnership with SERAPH a school safety and educational management firm located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
The partnership was sought by FASA to bring problem solving and training continuity to its members.
“SERAPH is the premier educational management organization in North America. They have the proven solutions that our members need to protect students and staff. Their proactive programs directly affect a schools’ ability to reach educational goals.” states Executive Director Jim Warford.
Do You Know What a “Juggalo” Is?
She Said, They Said: Ms. Tequila Vs. Juggalo
AMHERST, NY ( WKBW ) They call themselves, “Juggalos”, followers of the music band “The Insane Clown Posse.” While not all are bad, experts say some are downright dangerous.
Yeager was the keynote speaker at the University at Buffalo’s North Campus Thursday for the 7th annual Safe Schools seminar. He was educating, educators from Local School Districts and members of local Law Enforcement, about the gang and how to prevent them from spreading. It’s a message some say all educators and parents should hear.
Security Management Business Shield program
7 Ways Security Management Can Put Money Into Your Bottom Line
In the operation of any business, management decisions have a direct affect on profitability. In 1996, the SERAPH executive team decided to design a new approach to security management. Using the organizational concepts of Peter Drucker and the human behavior models of forensic psychology, we designed a new form of security management.
Legendary management sage Peter Drucker once said, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”.
Due Diligence Mess
Investor Fraud and Ponzi schemes
Indictments for Ponzi schemes and investor fraud have been increasing everyday. While pundits, congress and financial experts pinpoint problems with regulatory agencies such as the SEC, the real problem centers on what I call the “Due Diligence Mess,” the way in which this process is handled within the legal and financial community.
After the recent sentencing of Bernard Madoff one of his victims made this statement to USA Today, “My due diligence was the SEC. What greater due diligence can you have than the SEC? They failed us.”
Safe Schools Initiative Seminar
SERAPH Safe Schools
News Release
UB to Host Seventh Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar March 11
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo will host the seventh annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 11 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
This years program will provide a detailed look at the development of gangs and cliques through school-related problems. In particular, it will review how the lack of an effective truancy program provides the impetus for the development of negative-behavior cliques in school and how these cliques develop into organized gangs. This program will address techniques for dealing with gangs in communities and schools, and provide current information on street gang involvement in schools and the rise of negative youth movements, such as Straight Edge, and the increasing danger of Juggalos.