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