School Safety and SecurityCommissioner James M. Thomas
August 24, 2009
Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
School Shootings
April 16, 2007 - Virginia Tech: Seung-Hui Cho kills 32 people and wounds many others before killing himself.
Photos: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266712,00.htmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18victims.htmll
February 8, 2008 – Louisiana Technical College: A nursing student shoots two women and then herself.
February 11, 2008 - Memphis, TN: A 17-year-old student at Mitchell High School shoots and wounds a classmate in gym class.
February 12, 2008 - Oxnard, CA: A 14-year-old shoots a 15-year-old classmate, who later dies of his injuries.
Photos: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/us/09campus.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330628,00.html
February 14, 2008 – Northern Illinois University: A 27-year-old man shoots 21 people, killing five and later himself. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich declares a state of emergency,
which opens the governor's disaster fund to reimburse local government entities for "extraordinary expenses related to the response in NIU DeKalb" and which allows the state Emergency Management Agency to provide assistance.
Photos: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23217804-952,00.html, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23176812/
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August 21, 2008 – Knoxville, TN: 15-year-old Ryan McDonald is shot and killed by fellow student 15-year-old Jamar B. Siler in the Central High School cafeteria.
November 12, 2008 – Fort Lauderdale, FL: A 15-year-old female student is killed by a classmate at Dillard High School.
Photos: http://www.knoxnews.com
Ryan McDonald
May 6, 2009 - Wesleyan University: Stephen Morgan shoots and kills Johanna Justin-Jinich, a student working at the campus bookstore.
Photos: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7535809&page=1
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/wesleyan%20shooting.jpg
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/05/08/news/doc4a041078989a2437871571.txt
Connecticut General Statute 10a-55aUniform campus crime reports. Emergency Response
Effective October 1, 2007
Each Institution of higher educations and private occupational school shall have an emergency response plan.
Photos:http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english
http://www.inklingsnews.com/archives/209l
Connecticut General Statute 10a-55a
Plan shall be developed in consultation with first responders
Shall include a strategy for notifying students, employees and visitors of the institution
Of emergency information or situation
Connecticut General Statute 10a-55a
Annually therefore shall submit a copy of it’s plan
to Commissioners of Public Safety Department of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security Local Responders
Photos: http://www.thebanner.com/articles/2007/10/11/news/news12.txt
Goal is to keep students, staff and faculty safe during any crisis.
Suggestions include: Lockdown of classrooms if appropriate System to have staff, students and faculty
report any issues Coordinate with law enforcement and other
first responders ahead of time.
Summary
“Connecticut school children and their parents should know that we are, and have been for some time now, working to make our schools, colleges and Universities as safe as possible.”
Governor M. Jodi Rell, Press Statement, January 2008